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You're a little late - the Mirai botnet (Larget botnet at the time it became widely known) is exactly that. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-sen

You're a little late - the Mirai botnet (Larget botnet at the time it became widely known) is exactly that. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-mirai-worm-author/#more-37412 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-m...

sillysaurus3 9y ago
That story - Wow! Did anything ever happen to the author? Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13435742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13435742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824 Supposed Reddit comment from the author: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_people_whove_written_malicious_code/dce7rh9/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_p...
- hellbanner 9y ago
  Their last post is Jul 17, but there's signature and even if there was, how would we ever know.
samstave 9y ago
Ive always wondered if "anna senpai" is a play on "ono sendai" -- the infamous Cyberpunk EvilCorp deck... I personally feel that it is. (maybe tis was already obvious to others - I just havent talked about it out oud to anyone prior...)
- krallja 9y ago
  I think the pseudonym "Anna senpai" is in reference to the Japanese media trope of schoolchildren falling in love with their senpai.
  - samstave 9y ago
    <Wipes hands with oily rag, looking at motor...> Well,now... there's my problem right there... Jus' don' know much 'bout them japanese now doncha. <rocks back and forth with thumbs on the straps of my filthy coveralls, spits...> Yep yep yep is what I always say... <heads back into dilapidated datacenter behind squeaky screen door only holding on by one hinge>
- hellbanner 9y ago
  They said in an interview -- it's a .txt file linked somewhere on the krebs site, that AS is a villian in an anime

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You're a little late - the Mirai botnet (Larget botnet at the time it became widely known) is exactly that. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-sen

by hellbanner 9y ago

sillysaurus3 9y ago
That story - Wow! Did anything ever happen to the author? Previous discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13435742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13435742 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824 Supposed Reddit comment from the author: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_people_whove_written_malicious_code/dce7rh9/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_p...
- hellbanner 9y ago
  Their last post is Jul 17, but there's signature and even if there was, how would we ever know.
samstave 9y ago
Ive always wondered if "anna senpai" is a play on "ono sendai" -- the infamous Cyberpunk EvilCorp deck... I personally feel that it is. (maybe tis was already obvious to others - I just havent talked about it out oud to anyone prior...)
- krallja 9y ago
  I think the pseudonym "Anna senpai" is in reference to the Japanese media trope of schoolchildren falling in love with their senpai.
  - samstave 9y ago
    <Wipes hands with oily rag, looking at motor...> Well,now... there's my problem right there... Jus' don' know much 'bout them japanese now doncha. <rocks back and forth with thumbs on the straps of my filthy coveralls, spits...> Yep yep yep is what I always say... <heads back into dilapidated datacenter behind squeaky screen door only holding on by one hinge>
- hellbanner 9y ago
  They said in an interview -- it's a .txt file linked somewhere on the krebs site, that AS is a villian in an anime