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> Over a dozen airport websites were impacted by the "denial of service" attack, John Hultquist, head of intelligence analysis at cybersecurity firm Mandian, to
by citilife 4y ago
> Over a dozen airport websites were impacted by the "denial of service" attack, John Hultquist, head of intelligence analysis at cybersecurity firm Mandian, told ABC News. That type of attack essentially overloads sites by jamming them with artificial users.
That's not a "senior official"; "official" implies government, that's a company.
Yes, I would like to know the government agency official providing this information.
>” Killnet," a pro-Russian hacker group, is believed to be behind the attack, according to Hultquist. While similar groups have been found to be fronts for state-backed actors, Hultquist said there is no evidence the Russian government was involved in directing this attack.
What evidence supports this? IMO it's coming from that unspecified official. And yes, I think evidence needs to be provided before claims are made. They're just saying "I think it's these guys" ... because?
- kasey_junk 4y agoThe quote you embedded is attributed to a person and where they work? Perhaps you meant to quote something else? Mandiants attribution methodology is trivially found on their website: https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/how-mandiant-tracks-uncategorized-threat-actors https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/how-mandiant-tracks-...
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- citilife 4y agoRead the ABC article carefully (as one should always do) There's mention of a "senior official" > senior official briefed confirmed to ABC News. So a source in government confirmed this to ABC (who's that?). Was it just a "could be russia" type comment. There's a separate person, who's primarily sharing the story: > Over a dozen airport websites were impacted by the "denial of service" attack, John Hultquist, head of intelligence analysis at cybersecurity firm Mandian, told ABC News. ABC and many news outlets generally require multiple sources prior to publishing. There's been a lot of stories lately that have the same base source, but they decide to count as "multiple sources" because an official in the government leaks to two different people and those two people confirm. It's called "information laundering" Anyway, i'd really out of genuine curiosity know how they know this is from Russia. Which agencies are confirming this? IMO it seems petty and not something a government would do.
- snake_doc 4y ago> IMO it seems petty and not something a government would do. By https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=citilife https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=citilife Internet actor named "citilife" makes claims about "information laundering". Who is this individual? Where is the evidence? There should be evidence before such claims are made. What is his name and affiliation? Where can I find this person in the real world? Maybe this actor is wearing a hat? Perhaps it made of sheets of metal? Perhaps tin foil? To quote the actor to further this inquiry: >And yes, I think evidence needs to be provided before claims are made. They're just saying "I think it's these guys" ... because? I think evidence needs to be provided before claims are made. Before "citilife" is just saying "I think it's petty and information laundering". ... because?
- citilife 4y ago> Internet actor named "citilife" makes claims about "information laundering". I never claimed there was a case of "information laundering", I defined it. I also am not asserting anything besides what was in that article and inquiring for additional details because the current story doesn't make a whole lot of sense (at least based on the assertion it's "Russia" / "Russian", "hacking" some airline websites via a DDoS attack lol).
- snake_doc 4y agoWho are you? Where’s the reference for that definition? Under what authority and credentials? Where’s the proof such phenomenon exists?
- OJFord 4y ago> "official" implies government No it doesn't, it means 'office-holder'; that may be a public or private office.