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FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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Oh, I also got one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Special:CreateAcc...

> To protect the wiki against automated account creation, we kindly ask you to answer the question that appears below (more info): What is the output of: LC_ALL=C pacman -V|sed -r "s#[0-9]+#$(date -u +%m)#g"|base32|head -1

Wait, they really do that...

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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For people that can't grok the title and the article like me: - BasedApparel.com is a website owned by a person that happens to be the FBI director now. (he owned it before he became the director if it matters) - The website BasedApparel.com was hacked and the hackers added a malicious click here to verify you are human section that tried to have you download a malicious payload if you were on macos.

Has it been hacked? I mean, Trump's accomplices running conspicuous scams would not exactly be a surprise. They are all immune from prosecution, after all.

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

#23

For people that can't grok the title and the article like me: - BasedApparel.com is a website owned by a person that happens to be the FBI director now. (he owned it before he became the director if it matters) - The website BasedApparel.com was hacked and the hackers added a malicious click here to verify you are human section that tried to have you download a malicious payload if you were on macos.

>happens to be This is not normal, other (decent) countries are not like this

Sarcasm is hard to spot in raw text.

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wouldn't be Chinese. It would be Russian.

Don't be ridiculous, it would be Israeli.

They make the best, no doubt, but would the Trump phone have the best of anything?

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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post #21

Oh, I also got one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Special:CreateAcc... > To protect the wiki against automated account creation, we kindly ask you to answer the question that appears below (more info): What is the output of: LC_ALL=C pacman -V|sed -r "s#[0-9]+#$(date -u +%m)#g"|base32|head -1 Wait, they really do that...

If you can't understand that command before pasting it in your terminal, then you probably shouldn't be editing the Arch Linux wiki.

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wouldn't be Chinese. It would be Russian.

Amazes me that, after the events of the past 3 years, so many people still think Russia is the major foreign influence on our politics.

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Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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For people that can't grok the title and the article like me: - BasedApparel.com is a website owned by a person that happens to be the FBI director now. (he owned it before he became the director if it matters) - The website BasedApparel.com was hacked and the hackers added a malicious click here to verify you are human section that tried to have you download a malicious payload if you were on macos.

> he owned it before he became the director if it matters All the more reason that those who "serve" in the government should be required to divest of their business interests. The traffic such a site would get due to the tribalism prevalent in US politics makes it a fat target, and potentially a national security threat.

Im a big fan of divesting in these scenarios but i dont know how that would help in this scenario specifically. His current role and his previous ownership made the site a target, but it would be a target regardless of who owns it currently.

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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post #21

Oh, I also got one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Special:CreateAcc... > To protect the wiki against automated account creation, we kindly ask you to answer the question that appears below (more info): What is the output of: LC_ALL=C pacman -V|sed -r "s#[0-9]+#$(date -u +%m)#g"|base32|head -1 Wait, they really do that...

If you can't understand that command before pasting it in your terminal, then you probably shouldn't be editing the Arch Linux wiki.

They have a similar command for the Arch Linux forum, where beginners are encouraged to ask questions

Re: FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

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For people that can't grok the title and the article like me: - BasedApparel.com is a website owned by a person that happens to be the FBI director now. (he owned it before he became the director if it matters) - The website BasedApparel.com was hacked and the hackers added a malicious click here to verify you are human section that tried to have you download a malicious payload if you were on macos.

So it's not where you buy those shirts that say "Female Body Inspector?"

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