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there's a whole underground economy. I recall hearing a story of how one guy was busted who used to build an exploit kit and sell it to people for a cut of the
by dgoldstein0 2y ago
there's a whole underground economy. I recall hearing a story of how one guy was busted who used to build an exploit kit and sell it to people for a cut of their earnings.
And then there's crazier shit like
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/blackcat-ransomware-group-implodes-after-apparent-22m-ransom-payment-by-change-healthcare/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/blackcat-ransomware-grou...
- janalsncm 2y agoThe craziest one I’ve heard of was the app Anom which was supposed to be for criminals to communicate securely and secretly. Except it wasn’t, it was actually controlled by the FBI. I’m part way through a book about it now and it’s pretty incredible how the FBI took it over and essentially became world police.
- earth-adventure 2y agoWhat's the books name?
- oo0shiny 2y agoJust listened to the Search Engine podcast episode [1] where the author talked about this story. It's wild. The author (Joseph Cox) is also a founder of 404 Media[2], which is a great tech blog. [1] https://www.searchengine.show/listen/search-engine-1/what-s-the-best-phone-to-do-crimes-on https://www.searchengine.show/listen/search-engine-1/what-s-... [2] https://www.404media.co/ https://www.404media.co/
- stavros 2y agoWow, if you can't trust extortionists, who can you trust?