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This is a total yawn, and the norm. It looks coordinated because the team who focuses specifically on telecoms had their tools burned. Pick pretty much any sect
by mike_d 2y ago
This is a total yawn, and the norm. It looks coordinated because the team who focuses specifically on telecoms had their tools burned. Pick pretty much any sector of interest and the intelligence services of the top 50 countries all have a team dedicated to hacking it. The majority of them are successful.
Sadly even most people in security are woefully unaware of the scope and scale of these operations, even within the networks they are responsible for.
The "noise" here was not from the attacker. They don't want to get caught. But sometimes mistakes happen.
- 0xbadcafebee 2y agoInterestingly, some of those teams dedicated to hacking are either private sector or a branch that nobody has heard of. I once interviewed for a company whose pitch to me was basically "we get indemnity to hack foreign telcos" and "we develop ways to spy that nobody has thought of". That was 20 years ago
- hooo 2y agoWhat do those companies look like externally? Are they publically known?
- 0xbadcafebee 2y agoSome are specialized, some are diversified. Definitely public, I believe they all have to be listed on fedgov's contractor list? Some are obvious weapons contractors, some aren't (like extensions of big-name universities). If you see job listings for weapons development, cyber ops, secret-clearance software dev, cryptography, etc, that's a clue.