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Mind boggling. How do you even decide what to do with privileges on a billion computers?
by tootie 3y ago
Mind boggling. How do you even decide what to do with privileges on a billion computers?
- junon 3y agoThere's a reasonably high chance this was to target a specific machine, or perhaps a specific organization's set of machines. After that it could probably be sold off once whatever they were using it for was finished. I doubt we'll ever know the intention unless the ABC's throw us a bone and tell us the results of their investigation (assuming they're not the ones behind it).
- BbzzbB 3y agoABC?
- tau255 3y ago3 letter intelligence agencies.
- aaronmdjones 3y agoBaw, GCHQ is going to feel so left out.
- az226 3y agoNSA, CIA, FBI, DHS.
- ddalex 3y agoI'd disagree, based on reports of the actor trying to get this upstreamed in Debian and Fedora. Widespread net.
- cmcaleer 3y agoClassic example of this being Stuxnet, a worm that exploited four(!) different 0-days and infected hundreds of thousands of computers with the ultimate goal of destroying centrifuges associated with Iran’s nuclear program.
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- kortilla 3y agoThere aren’t a billion computers running ssh servers and the ones that do should not be exposed to the general internet. This is a stark reminder of why defense in depth matters.
- goalieca 3y agoGovernment organizations have many different teams. One might develop vulnerabilities while another runs operations with oversight for approving use of exploits and picking targets. Think bureaucracy with different project teams and some multi-layered management coordinating strategy at some level.