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Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Re: Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Post by cixin »

Wow, I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open. But this was a great read.

It's both sad, worrying, and slightly comforting that Mirai is run by a bunch of kids. Gives me hope that these issues can eventually be resolved.

Re: Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Post by jlgaddis »

sean_patel wrote: post #4
alexforster wrote: post #2

> 20-year-old [ProTraf] President Paras Jha, from Fanwood, NJ

Yep, noticed that too. Plus he's Indian, which makes me want to apologise for my Race :(

Don't. Every race has its assholes, and they aren't representative of everyone else.

Re: Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Post by mhurron »

cixin wrote: post #3

Wow, I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open. But this was a great read. It's both sad, worrying, and slightly comforting that Mirai is run by a bunch of kids. Gives me hope that these issues can eventually be resolved.

> I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open

Neither would I, because there is no proof of it. It is entirely coincidence and hearsay. Interesting to pass on to police, but not necessarily to call someone out publicly with.

Re: Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Post by openmosix »

Amazing read. I'm wondering if the release of this information has been timed with some other events - sort of responsible disclosure to FBI. I assume there's been an ongoing federal investigation and this will clearly tip the subject in destroying everything they're sitting on.

Re: Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Post by iscoelho »

openmosix wrote: post #7

Amazing read. I'm wondering if the release of this information has been timed with some other events - sort of responsible disclosure to FBI. I assume there's been an ongoing federal investigation and this will clearly tip the subject in destroying everything they're sitting on.

This was actually all disclosed to the FBI in advance when the Mirai source code was originally released. Afaik Krebs has also been communicating with them and sharing his findings. It's not really a disclosure so much as a reaction because I'd assume the FBI investigation has advanced and he now believes it's the appropriate timing since all the puzzle pieces came together. The information has been held back for quite a bit to not interfere with the FBI.

Re: Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?

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Post by codedokode »

Just wanted to add a slightly off-topic note:

> At the time, an exploit for a software weakness in Skype was being traded online, and this exploit could be used to remotely and instantaneously disable any Skype account.

According to this article [1] blocking someone's account is still possible.

[1] https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulner...

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