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>I'm not quite sure what this implies? That the team who did the initial infection was in fact some sort of FBI undercover? I suppose that's one of the many po
by chevill 5y ago
>I'm not quite sure what this implies? That the team who did the initial infection was in fact some sort of FBI undercover?
I suppose that's one of the many possibilities that are implied, but its not even close to the most likely.
I think its more likely that some of the attackers' systems or accounts were compromised (AKA hacked).
- inter_netuser 5y agowhy is that more likely that the attackers systems were compromised? Does it not sound weird that a cybercrime gang would leave a hot wallet on some random VPS? That seems incredibly unlikely.
- l33t2328 5y agoI’m not surprised. There is no reason to suspect they’re going to be particularly elite with that respect. It doesn’t take a _ton_ of technical proficiency to get ransomware someone else made and target a company with it.
- R0b0t1 5y agoUS agencies have tried to set up action and had it get away from them. More the CIA than the FBI from memory.