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I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

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Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

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Post by influx »

jrexilius wrote: post #96
efilife wrote: post #92

I'm shocked that he shows his face and identifies himself willingly

I worked with him briefly on another project and he was pretty comfy and open about the whole thing. In fact I think I remember him mentioning doing a talk at a conference about it. He's a genuinely nice guy and fairly laid back about things. NK regime maybe is annoyed with him, but there is an almost zero probability of them being able to do anything other than digital harrassment to him.

Considering they have performed assassinations outside of their soil, I would be slightly concerned.

Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#132

Post by rightbyte »

redeeman wrote: post #130
kjkjadksj wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are people that are in offensive cyber security in the US government, but realistically they have a bit more moral compass than the other state level actors that try and bring a hospital to its knees for the grand goal of making america look stupid for the nationalistic few who might actually care about that sort of thing. There's a saying we have here about never wrestling a pig in the mud: you will both be di…

> but realistically they have a bit more moral compass than the other state level actors yeah, some of those governments have even admitted to spike their own citizens with LSD to see what happens, and COUNTLESS other things. oh....

When the Soviets shoot down airliners it is becouse they are evil. When we do it is an accident. Just cheer the parade...

Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#133

Post by [deleted] »

akira2501 wrote: post #125
Sabinus wrote: post #69

>Like many other US hackers and security researchers, Caceres had been personally targeted by North Korean spies who aimed to steal his intrusion tools. He had detailed that targeting to the FBI but received no real government support. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and to send a message to the regime of Kim Jong Un: Messing with American hackers would have consequences. “It felt like the right thin…

Hardly. He's creating tools that interest state actors with no real means of defending himself or the tools. If he's that concerned he could just destroy the tools, but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. Then, in response to what should have been an obvious outcome to his actions, he commits what should be described as a "crime against humanity" against the entire communications infrastructure of a foreign cou…

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Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#134

Post by valianteffort »

akira2501 wrote: post #125
Sabinus wrote: post #69

>Like many other US hackers and security researchers, Caceres had been personally targeted by North Korean spies who aimed to steal his intrusion tools. He had detailed that targeting to the FBI but received no real government support. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and to send a message to the regime of Kim Jong Un: Messing with American hackers would have consequences. “It felt like the right thin…

Hardly. He's creating tools that interest state actors with no real means of defending himself or the tools. If he's that concerned he could just destroy the tools, but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. Then, in response to what should have been an obvious outcome to his actions, he commits what should be described as a "crime against humanity" against the entire communications infrastructure of a foreign cou…

Glad someone is saying this. Some obnoxious moron putting countless lives in danger to virtue signal has gotta be a new low on the internet retard scale.

Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#135

Post by consumer451 »

valianteffort wrote: post #134
akira2501 wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hardly. He's creating tools that interest state actors with no real means of defending himself or the tools. If he's that concerned he could just destroy the tools, but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. Then, in response to what should have been an obvious outcome to his actions, he commits what should be described as a "crime against humanity" against the entire communications infrastructure of a foreign cou…

Glad someone is saying this. Some obnoxious moron putting countless lives in danger to virtue signal has gotta be a new low on the internet retard scale.

Whose lives did he put in danger?

Also, if the entirety of the US goverment will not protect you from foreign state-sanctioned personal attacks, what should one do? Just sit there and take it, even if one could stop it?

> The State Department has a thing called "Rewards for Justice" and they talk extensively about the NK problem and how we're being hacked all the time. They pay millions for information. I told them "I don't want any of your money, I want you to know who I am [insert wired article here] and that I can listerally make any attack coming from the country North Korea stop in its tracks within minutes. Let me grab their response:

> https://imgur.com/a/s-lX6inGA

> Just be ready to be fucking infuriated. They have a bunch of shit about how we need to take on the NK cyber threat. I literally give them a SOLUTION and they say it's not within their purview, go to other intelligence agencies. I told them I FUCKING DID. No response since.

https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1divlp3/im_the_hacker...

Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

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Post by [deleted] »

akira2501 wrote: post #125
Sabinus wrote: post #69

>Like many other US hackers and security researchers, Caceres had been personally targeted by North Korean spies who aimed to steal his intrusion tools. He had detailed that targeting to the FBI but received no real government support. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and to send a message to the regime of Kim Jong Un: Messing with American hackers would have consequences. “It felt like the right thin…

Hardly. He's creating tools that interest state actors with no real means of defending himself or the tools. If he's that concerned he could just destroy the tools, but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. Then, in response to what should have been an obvious outcome to his actions, he commits what should be described as a "crime against humanity" against the entire communications infrastructure of a foreign cou…

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Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#137

Post by linearrust »

jrexilius wrote: post #98

There are a couple good points in the linked Wired article, such as the fact that the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, and North Korea are already escalating attacks on civillian and commercial targets and our restraint isn't being matched. I fully understand why the US and partner governments won't be able to respond in kind, but there is certainly a lot more that could be done in that domain.

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Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#138

Post by valianteffort »

consumer451 wrote: post #135
valianteffort wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad someone is saying this. Some obnoxious moron putting countless lives in danger to virtue signal has gotta be a new low on the internet retard scale.

Whose lives did he put in danger? Also, if the entirety of the US goverment will not protect you from foreign state-sanctioned personal attacks, what should one do? Just sit there and take it, even if one could stop it? > The State Department has a thing called "Rewards for Justice" and they talk extensively about the NK problem and how we're being hacked all the time. They pay millions for information. I told them "…

If North Korea took down US infrastructure we would consider it an act of war. The dange of exposing your devices to the open internet should be well understood by this so-called "hacker".

For him to unilaterally decide to commit an act of war against a foreign nation means he should also be held accountable for it in international criminal court.

Were this any other two nations you might have a different tone. But these are the facts of the matter. He played with fire and if he winds up dead because of it he only has himself to blame. The only people I am concerned about is anyone else now facing danger because of his idiotic actions.

Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

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Post by linearrust »

akira2501 wrote: post #125
Sabinus wrote: post #69

>Like many other US hackers and security researchers, Caceres had been personally targeted by North Korean spies who aimed to steal his intrusion tools. He had detailed that targeting to the FBI but received no real government support. So he decided to take matters into his own hands and to send a message to the regime of Kim Jong Un: Messing with American hackers would have consequences. “It felt like the right thin…

Hardly. He's creating tools that interest state actors with no real means of defending himself or the tools. If he's that concerned he could just destroy the tools, but he wants to have his cake and eat it too. Then, in response to what should have been an obvious outcome to his actions, he commits what should be described as a "crime against humanity" against the entire communications infrastructure of a foreign cou…

> '“It felt like the right thing to do here,” Caceres told WIRED at the time. “If they don’t see we have teeth, it’s just going to keep coming.”'

Ask yourself. Do 'hackers' talk like this or military/government employees?

Also ask yourself, is WIRED a 'hacker' friendly magazine or a government affiliated state media?

Some top WIRED offerings

'Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language...'

'Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down 30 Spy Scenes From...'

Not to mention reddit and reddit AMAs been used by government agencies to push an agenda.

Re: I'm the hacker that brought down North Korea's Internet for over a week. AMA

#140

Post by consumer451 »

valianteffort wrote: post #138
consumer451 wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whose lives did he put in danger? Also, if the entirety of the US goverment will not protect you from foreign state-sanctioned personal attacks, what should one do? Just sit there and take it, even if one could stop it? > The State Department has a thing called "Rewards for Justice" and they talk extensively about the NK problem and how we're being hacked all the time. They pay millions for information. I told them "…

If North Korea took down US infrastructure we would consider it an act of war. The dange of exposing your devices to the open internet should be well understood by this so-called "hacker". For him to unilaterally decide to commit an act of war against a foreign nation means he should also be held accountable for it in international criminal court. Were this any other two nations you might have a different tone. But t…

He did not commit an "act of war." He is an individual, who tried to cooperate with his government and was denied.

Meanwhile NK offense regularly attacks him on a nice day, and on every other day installs ransomware on US hospital infrastructure, putting actual lives at risk... All this guy did was shut down their capability to do so.

I am unaware of any law that he broke. IMO, he also did not do anything immoral.

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