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And from Microsoft / GitHub - who would have a lot additional information (logs, ip-adresses, use of two-factor auth etc.)? Have they made a statement? Usually
by throwaway4good 2y ago
And from Microsoft / GitHub - who would have a lot additional information (logs, ip-adresses, use of two-factor auth etc.)? Have they made a statement?
Usually Microsoft etc. don't hold back identifying "threat actors".
Is there a US police investigation ongoing that could ask Microsoft? The target of this attack has been US firms / persons so if they report it, I assume a US police investigation would be required.
- INTPenis 2y agoNot that I know of. I'm sure that statement will be reserved for law enforcement.
- chrizel 2y ago> And from Microsoft / GitHub - who would have a lot additional information (logs, ip-adresses, use of two-factor auth etc.)? Have they made a statement? Based on a HN comment from a couple of weeks ago, by analyzing the attackers IP addresses from IRC chat logins, it seems they used a VPN service. If you think about it, it makes sense to always use VPN when doing an operation like this. So I think the ip addresses won't be of much use.
- heavyset_go 2y agoMight be able to tell which VPN service they used and can then subpoena it.
- gzer0 2y agoBased on the sophistication we've seen, they probably used Mullvad for their VPN. In that case, a subpoena wouldn't turn up anything.
- mtsr 2y agoI don’t know if it’s been tried, but if not it would be in everyone’s interest to see what Mullvad will actually cough up.
- emayljames 2y agoit would be the end of their business if they did, as they have a strict no retention policy. This would mean they are lying to all their customers, so it is not going to happen.
- trogdor 2y agoI have seen NordVPN’s response to a subpoena. Their response was that they had no records connecting an IP address at a specific date/time to any particular person.