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It seems like a very strong stance to say that the publicly advertised leaks and hacks are not financially motivated.
by satellite2 6y ago
It seems like a very strong stance to say that the publicly advertised leaks and hacks are not financially motivated.
- TameAntelope 6y agoI've thought a lot about what you're saying here, and I see no indication that's the case (corrupt/ulterior financial motivations related to their leaks/hacks). I am very curious how the members of DDoSecrets make their money, though (not that it's any of my business), mostly because the Twitter accounts I've been following seem to have a pretty strong disgust response to the idea of making money off of hacking in general.
- satellite2 6y agoMy bad, I tought you were talking in general. I'm not familiar with DDoSecrets so I cannot say much about their case specifically. What I can say though is that generally the threat model for attackers slightly more sophisticated than script kiddies suggests that the preparations involve a non negligible amount of time from highly specialized engineers and that somehow, someone has to pay for it.
- bawolff 6y agoHighly specialized engineers can be motivated by non monentary ideology just like everyone else. Besides i think there are plenty of bored teens/uni students who fit between script kiddie and mafia/state actor on the sophistication scale - its a pretty wide step from script kiddie to professional malware writer.