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> Maintainers reneged on a promise[0] to provide an autopsy of the hack, a decision that has limited the public’s understanding of the incident. [0] https://ar
by sixhobbits 2y ago
> Maintainers reneged on a promise[0] to provide an autopsy of the hack, a decision that has limited the public’s understanding of the incident.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/who-rooted-kernel-org-servers-two-years-ago-how-did-it-happen-and-why/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/09/who-r...
This bit makes it sound like 3 letter agencies were involved?
- deeth_starr_v 2y agoOr someone famous and thin skinned was involved? That’s where my mind went
- costco 2y agoThis was in the news a while ago. It was a guy in his 20s in Miami: https://regmedia.co.uk/2016/09/02/linux_hack.pdf https://regmedia.co.uk/2016/09/02/linux_hack.pdf. Who is also in the Panama Papers... https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/12097929 https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/12097929
- rurban 2y agoBut they were talking about the GoDaddy hack with Ebury, and Austin was only kernel.org, linux foundation and probably apache.org. So who was GoDaddy? Not NSA for sure. They call it the Ebury group and they do have some hints
- costco 2y agoI don't see any mention of GoDaddy being hacked with Ebury in the ESET report or the Ars article.
- halJordan 2y agoWhy on earth jump to the most outrageous conspiracy? That's an absurd leap.
- ElectricBoogie 2y agoAHEM... opsec fail.