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Based on this tweet†, it seems that Chris downloaded the repos and put them online, encrypted using some of his personal information as a sort of "dead man's sw
by spdustin 9y ago
Based on this tweet†, it seems that Chris downloaded the repos and put them online, encrypted using some of his personal information as a sort of "dead man's switch".
† https://twitter.com/VickerySec/status/978056901677146112 https://twitter.com/VickerySec/status/978056901677146112
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- aalleavitch 9y agoI'm not sure I understand the point of this. He wants us to open the file but he wants it to be annoying?
- sterlind 9y agoFor posterity: <14-character non-dictionary word>+<My current CA DL number>+<Streetname of my residence during 1st grade> Schema: aaaaaaaaaaaaaa+Annnnnnn+Aaaa Aaaaaaa (a=lower alpha, A=upper alpha, n=numeric) md5 those 36-characters. Hash is the passphrase Driver's license numbers are likely sequential, so the keyspace is likely guessable, or recoverable from credit data breaches. Street name is an easier find, from public records. Since we know that non-dictionary word is 14-characters, and assuming English, entropy should much less than 26^14. anyone willing to give it a spin?
- ExactoKnight 9y agoChris lived in BC, so this would be what his driver's license looked like: http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2013/02/15/new-b-c-identity-card-combining-msp-number-and-drivers-licence-now-available.html http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2013/02/15/new-b-c-id... It's an 8 digit number. The keyspace for the streets would be a list of every street in Greater Victoria.
- doomjunky 9y ago"non-dictionary" is 14-characters long
- michaelmcmillan 9y agoTime to fire up hashcat on aws.
- unununu 9y agoIs there a way I can help? If you let me know what to do, I'll start trying