Email from FBI Looks Odd

Post by buzer » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 3:09 PM UTC

dsukhin wrote: post #25

The email domain where the messages originate is from some sort of federated identity management system that was created in 2010 (here is a proposal deck [0] with technical details). Found this program simply by searching Google for the sending domain. Based on the guide for using this system [1] (see step 15) looks like this specific email address is the one that sends automated confirmation emails upon registration…

Post by twofornone » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 3:12 PM UTC

tata71 wrote: post #84

yonaguska wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was no reform after COINTELPRO. The FBI has known about nearly every mass shooter for the past 20 years, they've leaked numerous investigations and raids to the press for political reasons, they sit on evidence for political reasons, they target domestic journalists for political reasons, they lied to FISA courts for political reasons, and they've been sitting on exculpatory evidence for political reasons, they…

No idea what the other commenter was alluding to...

Post by vhold » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 3:16 PM UTC

sys32768 wrote: post #16

I received this at 1:07 AM PST to my work sysadmin account. It passed Barracuda and Office 365 spam filters. Initially I felt a surging panic when I realized the source IP was indeed FBI, especially considering one of our close partners recently buckled under a ransomware attack they refused to pay, and thus had to rebuild from backups over a period of two weeks. Smells mostly bogus now with no links to a status page…

Post by AbrahamParangi » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 3:23 PM UTC

throwaway821909 wrote: post #90

flatiron wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to the phishing training I was mandated to take at work if you are stupid enough to overlook the mistakes you are the right target. According to them the misspellings filter out the smart enough people they don’t want talking to. But that could also be nonsense.

Ignoring this specific case where it seems especially unlikely, that's always seemed like someone worked backwards and overthought it to me, "the spelling mistakes, they have to mean something". I don't think there is a binary smart population and dumb population to optimise around, for every step down, some people who are otherwise convinced become hesitant and waste time, and some of that group become totally uncon…

Post by dustingetz » Sat, Nov 13, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

flatiron wrote: post #70

IYasha wrote: post #61

I still don't quite understand hackers: doing such high-profile hacking and writing lame texts even wihout much fact checking (about agency divisions in this case). Being written in more professional way, this attack could be way more effective. Also, is it a thing among "hackers" to write with tons of mistakes? A part of culture maybe? Or to scare the bricks out of people? )

According to the phishing training I was mandated to take at work if you are stupid enough to overlook the mistakes you are the right target. According to them the misspellings filter out the smart enough people they don’t want talking to. But that could also be nonsense.