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CISA had a report on this pretty quickly. I think they refer cases to Secret Service for enforcement. But really, we seemingly have no idea who or where the per
by tootie 3y ago
CISA had a report on this pretty quickly. I think they refer cases to Secret Service for enforcement. But really, we seemingly have no idea who or where the perpetrator is located. This could easily be a state actor. It could be a lone wolf. And the effects of the attack would be global too, so jurisdiction is tricky. We really have no idea at this point. The personas used to push the commits and push for inclusion were almost certainly fronts. I'm sure github is sifting through a slew of subpoenas right now.
- grepfru_it 3y agogithub retains an incredible amount of data to review. but if it is a state actor, they likely covered their tracks very well. when i found the original address of the person who hacked elon musk's twitter account it led to an amazon ec2 instance. that instance was bought with stolen financial information and accessed via several vpns and proxies. i would expect state actors to further obfuscate their tracks with shell companies and the like
- Randalthorro 3y agoState actors get to invent people. Literally.