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Final thoughts on Ubiquiti
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Re: Final thoughts on Ubiquiti
#12An accurate but pretty lacklustre "mea culpa" and retraction. I don't mind people making mistakes, everyone does, but seeing how Krebs has handled this whole episode has not inspired optimism in how he'll handle future mistakes. He was essentially used as an unwitting party in a cyber blackmail scheme, and he doesn't touch on that at all. There will continue to be nefarious parties trying to misuse his reputation, so…
This is about of straightforward as a "I screwed up, I own it, I apologize"
Everyone makes mistakes. Some of the good work Krebs has done seems to be completely overshadowed by a mistake here.
Granted, this is probably in response to some legal action either in progress or already settled, but what more do you want from the guy?
Re: Final thoughts on Ubiquiti
#13An accurate but pretty lacklustre "mea culpa" and retraction. I don't mind people making mistakes, everyone does, but seeing how Krebs has handled this whole episode has not inspired optimism in how he'll handle future mistakes. He was essentially used as an unwitting party in a cyber blackmail scheme, and he doesn't touch on that at all. There will continue to be nefarious parties trying to misuse his reputation, so…
For a site that generally is there to give you the inside scoop on what is really going on / happened, interesting / disappointing that the choice is to not do so here.
To me "sorry I was wrong" isn't enough.
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#14I don’t see this post when I go to https://krebsonsecurity.com/ , at least on iOS Safari. Also, on the home page, when I scroll down to the list of all posts, I don’t see this one. Edit: It’s there now! Thanks to u/Pharaoh2 for the heads-up.
I see it there
Ah, indeed! I now also see it. I guess parts of the site are cached and take time to refresh?
Regardless, thanks for the correction!
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#15this reads like he got out-lawyered here. context for the unaware: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/ubiquiti-sues-jo...
Out lawyered, because he was wrong?
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#16Jeez, I was certain at this point he would never retract his articles. I feel like it's too little too late, imo, though.
Funny, I was feeling the exact opposite. They could have just taken down the articles and issued no statement. It is hard to publicly admit that you're wrong and it's good to see they took that step.
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#17Wow, I wonder how much they were suing him for. Probably tons of money in damages from his report
Re: Final thoughts on Ubiquiti
#18An accurate but pretty lacklustre "mea culpa" and retraction. I don't mind people making mistakes, everyone does, but seeing how Krebs has handled this whole episode has not inspired optimism in how he'll handle future mistakes. He was essentially used as an unwitting party in a cyber blackmail scheme, and he doesn't touch on that at all. There will continue to be nefarious parties trying to misuse his reputation, so…
This is about of straightforward as a "I screwed up, I own it, I apologize" Everyone makes mistakes. Some of the good work Krebs has done seems to be completely overshadowed by a mistake here. Granted, this is probably in response to some legal action either in progress or already settled, but what more do you want from the guy?
> This is about of straightforward as a "I screwed up, I own it, I apologize"
"A source provided info. Source is now discredited. I thus no longer trust the info." That's the gist of the apology. But that's neither here nor there, it does not show understanding of the fact that his reputation was deliberately used for criminal purposes.
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#19this reads like he got out-lawyered here. context for the unaware: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/ubiquiti-sues-jo...
Out-lawyered by life and facts.
Re: Final thoughts on Ubiquiti
#20An accurate but pretty lacklustre "mea culpa" and retraction. I don't mind people making mistakes, everyone does, but seeing how Krebs has handled this whole episode has not inspired optimism in how he'll handle future mistakes. He was essentially used as an unwitting party in a cyber blackmail scheme, and he doesn't touch on that at all. There will continue to be nefarious parties trying to misuse his reputation, so…
This is about of straightforward as a "I screwed up, I own it, I apologize" Everyone makes mistakes. Some of the good work Krebs has done seems to be completely overshadowed by a mistake here. Granted, this is probably in response to some legal action either in progress or already settled, but what more do you want from the guy?
>but what more do you want from the guy?
By the time the December story was published, it seems that Krebs knew full well that his source was the person implicated in the crime to begin with. I would like to understand why he thought it was responsible to press forward while obfuscating this fact, and how he will handle similar situations moving forward. His thought process there will help inform me as to whether or not I can personally take him seriously on things of this nature in the future.
As it stands, I don't know if he learned anything from this, or if he still thinks that people that very well might have perpetrated the crime he's reporting on are reputable sources that he should post information from without question or disclaimer and the only reason this is posted is because he settled in court.