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Anyone know which three us antivirus companies they hacked?

• 24gttghh 7y ago
  Yeah, this article doesn't say a whole lot without that information...
  • phaus 7y ago
    The article is fine. If you read it you would have discovered that the hackers claim to be selling access to three US AV companies. This is a group of attackers that has a history of selling access to large organizations, so there's a good chance that what they are offering is real. It doesn't sound like the hackers have revealed the names of the companies. If they did reveal the names, the value of what they are selling would be significantly lower.
    • 24gttghh 7y ago
      HN Guidelines: Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that." I read the article. I was interested in who got hacked, not that someone got hacked.
    • dgzl 7y ago
      > The article is fine. If you read it you would have discovered that... > It doesn't sound like the hackers have revealed the names of the companies. It sounds like the article isn't clearly stating that the hackers haven't revealed the names of the companies, rather requires intuition of the reader to figure out. IMO the journalist should be more clear.
  • NikkiA 7y ago
    There's only really 3 major AV companies that are US based, so it's pretty much a clue in itself.
    • guardiangod 7y ago
      There are _way_ more than 3, okay? Off the top of my head Symantec McAfee FireEye MalwareByte Palo Alto Endgame SentinelOne Cyren CrowdStrike Fortinet And probably a few more that I missed.
      • thedaemon 7y ago
        And yet only 3 of those are recognizable as antivirus companies. You have made OPs point for them.
        • urda 7y ago
          I recognize: Symantec McAfee MalwareByte Palo Alto SentinelOne CrowdStrike ... so no that's not true. Don't post things like that.
          • thedaemon 7y ago
            You are not the boss of me. You are also a nerd, not a normal person that uses anti-virus software.
        • ziddoap 7y ago
          Maybe _you_ only recognize 3.
          • thedaemon 7y ago
            I am referring to NORMAL humans, not us super nerds.
• jeromebrock 7y ago
  +1