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where from ""...implies that the attack wasn't against the broadband providers directly, but against one of the intermediary companies that sit between the gove
by tguvot 2y ago
where from ""...implies that the attack wasn't against the broadband providers directly, but against one of the intermediary companies that sit between the government CALEA requests and the broadband providers" comes from ? from schneier ?
because if you go to the actual reporting in wsj for example, it doesn't imply that attack was against TTP providers. also TTP providers are optional
- Maxious 2y agoWSJ: U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-t... That seems pretty clear.
- tguvot 2y agonope :) wiretap systems are on the telecom provider side and it a bunch of different and in many cases ordinary networking equipment that can be easily misconfigured. TTP (aka companies listed above) are optional and usually used by companies that don't have their own legal department to process warrants/want to deal with fine details of intercepts