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> has managed to do a lot of high-level hacks in a short amount of time Correct me if I’m wrong but do their attacks actually involve significant skill? Their
by Nextgrid 5y ago
> has managed to do a lot of high-level hacks in a short amount of time
Correct me if I’m wrong but do their attacks actually involve significant skill?
Their offer of buying credentials/access from employees suggests their bank account might ultimately be bigger than their skills and they’re leveraging that approach.
Of course, the question is, where is that money coming from and whether anyone is bankrolling them, and if so, what their motives are.
- badRNG 5y ago> Of course, the question is, where is that money coming from and whether anyone is bankrolling them, and if so, what their motives are. Wild speculation here, but if they are located in a country that is recently a lot less friendly with the west, maybe they decided that being overt isn't a real problem given what they are doing is de facto legal where they live. Being a Belarusian or Russian cybercriminal targeting the west is probably less risky now than ever before (and it wasn't especially problematic before.)
- Nextgrid 5y agoI was talking about their ability to bribe company insiders. You need to have money to begin with to be able to pay said bribes - where is it coming from, and why are they spending money to breach into companies for seemingly no major benefit?
- voakbasda 5y agoIt’s not unimaginable to think they also perform simple phishing or other attacks to drain bank accounts for their operating funds.