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Would've been fun to ban every account and hope they didn't have DB backups
by xeromal 2y ago
Would've been fun to ban every account and hope they didn't have DB backups
- m4tthumphrey 2y agoI thought about this... What would be the outcome here do you think? Ie if this guy didn't report and did decide to mess around for real? Could he have been tracked? Would EA be down for weeks?!
- mooreds 2y agoI mean, Kevin Mitnick spent time in jail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick I wouldn't mess around with this stuff myself.
- m4tthumphrey 2y agoMe neither, but would it have been easy to trace him? I mean if he was going to use this for bad, I would assume he would have waited a month or so then done it all via a VPN etc. But point being he _could_ have done this and to be honest for all we know, someone else _has_ been abusing it until it was patched...
- manbash 2y agoVPN is used to bypass regional restrictions. The VPN provider will share information if an active investigation is underway.
- akdev1l 2y agothe VPN provider can try to share whatever information but most reputable providers would have nothing You can pay for a VPN using monero or cash and then connect to the VPN from TOR - VPN provider doesn’t need to know anything
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- ufmace 2y agoIf you're already using Tor, what's the point of having a VPN too?
- __turbobrew__ 2y agoThere isn’t a point. It is useless security theatre for those who do not understand how tor works.
- akimbostrawman 2y agoit's called defense in depth which makes sense if your life depends on it not to mention tor is most likely blocked while VPS/VPN aren't
- victorbjorklund 2y agoOnly "benefit" would be that TOR might be blocked but the VPN isnt.
- akdev1l 2y agoSo the target doesn’t see a bunch of random connections coming from tor/known exit nodes
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoPlease don't do this. Most people aren't going to pull this off correctly and if they think this makes it safe for them to go around messing with companies they could really get themselves in a lot of trouble. If I were to mess around with stuff, and im not. The only way I'm doing that is with a used laptop of Craigslist or whatever and cafe with no cameras, even then idk.
- rustcleaner 2y agoQubes OS. Done.
- rustcleaner 2y agoBuy VPS with Monero. Deploy image containing Tor router and hidden service onion config. Do above as many times as one needs to feel comfortable. Use VPSes as proxies intermixed with VPN and Tor legs. What's lil officer Timmy at CISA gon' do? Netflow you? LOL!
- dboreham 2y agoFine except TLA is running your VPS.
- jojobas 2y agoAnd just like that, they track you down to an Upstate NY MacDonald's wifi hotspot that you're never going to visit again. Now what?
- mattmanser 2y agoIt's the same with all crimes, sure you can theoretically get away with the perfect crime. But you only have to make one mistake to get caught. Re-use a username, accidentally log in to something as yourself, forget to turn on the VPN, etc. Just for some lolz which could result in prison time.
- throwaway984393 2y ago[dead]
- keraf 2y agoI'd love to see this happen to every billion dollar company that doesn't have a bug bounty program. Offering zero incentive for reporting vulnerability just encourages hackers to exploit it for their own advantage or to wreak havoc. As a paying customer, I expect better from these companies and personally wouldn't blame the hackers for exploiting their findings if no program exists.
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoWell the Federal Government certainly wouldn't agree with you. Give it go though!
- IntelMiner 2y agoThe Federal Government? Thank goodness these companies only operate in one country. Or we've finally succeeded in uniting under one singular world government
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoIn case you haven't noticed, the FBI charges hackers across the world on a frequent basis. And you should fear them regardless of what country you're in if you're going to be messing with American companies. I've worked at companies where the FBI caught our engineers that were offshore stealing IP. The Company didn't have a clue, they are watching anything and everything that concerns American interest and yes there are no jurisdictions/borders stopping them, outside of Russia, Iran and NK ofc.
- TechDebtDevin 2y agoWell it might be fun for a sec. They definately do have backups, no-one is storing 400mm records on a single machine and ultimately you'd just take them offline for an afternoon and then spend 15 years in a federal prison
- Aeolun 2y agoI think ‘afternoon’ is way too generous to EA’s abilities to do a restore of such proportions.
- gamblor956 2y agoAnd this is why the world has turned against tech... Because the first thought (at least, the highest rated post right now) it that it would have been "fun" to hurt millions of people to teach the company they were doing business with a lesson.
- wavefunction 2y agoWay more fun to enable every game for every account. Literally. Limited horizons.
- nkrisc 2y agoYou can’t harm companies. Only people. It’s “fun” to ruin the day of millions of people?
- shiroiushi 2y agoIt's going to completely "ruin their day" for someone to not be able to play an EA video game? Really?
- filcuk 2y agoWhy not? Can you not emphasise with people having one thing to look forward to coming home from work? Replace a video game with your favourite thing and see how you'd feel.
- mathgradthrow 2y agojokes on you, my favorite thing is drugs
- shiroiushi 2y agoI'd find something else to do; there's no shortage of entertainment options these days. I certainly wouldn't let it "ruin my day". If the unavailability of a single video game actually ruins your whole day, you have a very sad life.