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There'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 so
by junon 3y ago
There'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.