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They may have confused it with ANOM, which was a government honeypot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM
by bitwize 3y ago
They may have confused it with ANOM, which was a government honeypot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM
- amarant 3y agoAh yeah they did, I recall that calculator app thing from their tale as well. That's a pretty well made honeypot I must say!
- bitwize 3y agoSomething tells me that criminal organizations are going to start retaining IT teams specifically to vet platforms like this. Organized crime probably already has significant IT; I seem to recall South American drug cartels using mainframes in like the 90s.
- morkalork 3y agoForget mainframes, how about their own parallel telecom network with over 500 miles of coverage: https://www.npr.org/2011/12/09/143442365/mexico-busts-drug-cartels-private-phone-networks https://www.npr.org/2011/12/09/143442365/mexico-busts-drug-c... And that was over 10 years ago..
- amarant 3y agoThey've done a lot of interesting stuff over the years. My personal favourite is the submarine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine
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