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LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by 0cf8612b2e1e »

I_Am_Nous wrote: post #42

Same group who claimed to have Fulton County, Georgia data, pushed back the pay deadlines, but never released anything after Fulton County didn't pay the ransom. I don't doubt they have actually hit targets but that seed of doubt is planted.

Is that some calculus about risks? Ransoming data with a threat, might kind of make people shrug in the aftermath. Airing all of the dirty laundry might make authorities take a significantly harder look at you. Like those groups who apologize for hacking a hospital.

Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by eesmith »

abracadaniel wrote: post #87
eesmith wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what it's worth, Idaho produced 35,525,000 cwt (1,776,250 short tons) of potatoes in fall of 1957. https://archive.org/details/CAT10268574003/page/4/mode/2up?q... ;)

Now this is what I come to HN for. Did you go looking for this report, or did you already know these were uploaded to the internet archive?

Looked for it. "idaho potato production 1957" to see what the right search terms were by looking at some hits, then "idaho farm report 1957" until I found that table via in-book text search; both searches as " Search text contents ", limited to <1965.

Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by 1oooqooq »

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #13
1oooqooq wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

most scrutinized and insulated are diametrically opposed concepts.

"Insulated from political pressure " is not diametrically opposed to "scrutinized".

except politic pressure, for better or worse, is the only way we have to scrutinize anything.

otherwise you get a stalinist party. there's no in between. no matter how specialized or elitist and gate keeping your argument is.

Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by gotnohax »

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #53
kouunji wrote: post #8

If this is real, this is an incredible target to choose. I mean, you might not make it trial if they catch you, if you know what I mean. Makes me wonder what level of affiliation or perceived safety would make anyone this confident.

They will be Russian. All of the groups are just government agents, that’s why you get someone like “Anonymous” suddenly appearing overnight, attacking someone that is a foreign rival to the US and then disappearing for another 8 years.

I feel like you missed what Anonymous is supposed to actually be. Anyone and everyone can be a part of Anonymous; queue V for Vendetta.

Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by ttyprintk »

kouunji wrote: post #8

If this is real, this is an incredible target to choose. I mean, you might not make it trial if they catch you, if you know what I mean. Makes me wonder what level of affiliation or perceived safety would make anyone this confident.

As of February, they openly support or court Trump.

Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by ttyprintk »

empath75 wrote: post #15
kouunji wrote: post #8

If this is real, this is an incredible target to choose. I mean, you might not make it trial if they catch you, if you know what I mean. Makes me wonder what level of affiliation or perceived safety would make anyone this confident.

I don't think the federal reserve has that many deep dark secrets. The main risk is going to be stuff like knowing that a bank is in trouble before it's public knowledge.

I suspect the purpose of announcing it is so that it enters the news cycle before a Presidential debate. The payload itself may never materialize.

Trust in the Federal Reserve, and ignorance of its function, can be a strong partisan issue without waiting for a payload.

Re: LockBit claims to exfiltrate 33TB of data from US Federal Reserve

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Post by ewgoforth »

lxgr wrote: post #66
panarky wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lockbit primarily targets Microsoft Windows servers. Does the Fed run all this critical infrastructure on Windows?

Pretty much everything in traditional banking runs either on mainframes or Windows PCs. If there's Linux servers or non-windows clients, that's usually bolted on via some sort of adapter to the mainframes.

We were still using OS/2 for some stuff in the early 2000s. The ATMs ran on it.
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