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Before flagging this post to oblivion consider the source: Brian Krebs [1] is highly reputable [2]. This is very newsworthy. [1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/ h

Before flagging this post to oblivion consider the source: Brian Krebs [1] is highly reputable [2]. This is very newsworthy. [1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Krebs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Krebs

0xy 2y ago
Didn't he dox his enemies and smear Ubiquiti's reputation by believing a criminal's version of events without verifying anything, resulting in a lawsuit, settlement and retraction?
TZubiri 2y ago
By the title, I was concerned, thought maybe musk's doge and the likes were leaking data. But it seems to be about Russia. It's a security researcher posting about politics. He may be out of his element and this would be equivalent to posts from any citizen. Otoh, another possibility is that his insight from the cybersecurity aspect might reflect on a bigger trend. I'm going with the former interpretation (out of his element) cyber is only one aspect of the US-Rus relations and a cybersecurity specialist might overweigh it. There's other concerns, including actual proxy wars going on. We don't know what the priorities are.
- breadwinner 2y ago
  Here's more reporting on this if you don't like Mr. Krebs: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia...
  - TZubiri 2y ago
    I like Krebs. It's just that he is an expert in cyber security and not national defense or military. My take from reading the more neutral guardian article is that the Americans don't see russia as a threat, probably because they have faith in their public and private cyber defense. And possibly also because they do similar cyber attacks, so they don't hold it against them. It's good to see US Rus relations improving, I don't know what to tell ya.
    - breadwinner 2y ago
      > Americans don't see russia as a threat Seriously? Those Americans should remove their rose colored glasses. Even if you don't see Putin as a threat it is still important to spy on him.
      - TZubiri 2y ago
        I'm not american, but I do business with them. If the state says they have an embargo with Iran and Venezuela, I cut ties with those countries and not import stuff or work with people from those countries. If the govmt says Russia is not a threat, then Russia is not a threat as far as I'm concerned. I will always hold the official line (barring extreme circumstances). But I will not compromise trade relations with the US by taking any line different than the incumbent state. Not even if an eminence like krebs does. In the end he is a guy not in the military hierarchy, without official information, posting about national defense matters on social media for foreigners to see. And even if it is backed by similarly biased commenters on a forum ran by a dem aligned state. Who should I trust ad an outsider? It's an easy choice for me. I do try to stay away from your politics, but sometimes you gotta make a call. Do with that as you will. I get that as a citizen you have more freedom to question your govmt, and I have to tread a fine line between not getting into the politics of a foreign country in public and doing it out of nature. But in my defense, you guys sure like getting into the politics of other states. But man, let's hope I'm right, no? like it or not, neither of us have control over the line taken by your militaries. Going on a limb here, but are republicans concerned about Russia atm? If this is a bipartisan matter I'd be more inclined to be weary. Otherwise it might be dems conflating internal political enemies for external nation enemies. Happens around elections, hopefully it stabilizes. I personally would be much more concerned about the 5m visa things if I were you guys. I thought reps were anti inmigration! I guess it's ok when it's extracting the elite and wealthy from other countries. P.s: will probably delet this later. Robots.txt deny
        wahnfrieden 2y ago
        This reply is archived
- n2d4 2y ago
  How is a (reputable) cybercrime journalist out of his element when it comes to how much cybercrime is committed by Russia? That sounds like it's exactly his topic of expertise. Sure, there are other things that are happening in this conflict that may or may not be worse, but he didn't say there wasn't. All he said is that he believes that the cybersecurity stuff is already enough to prove malice. If you believe there are even worse things, then you should be even more worried!
legitster 2y ago
It's hard for there to be a less authoritative figure on this stuff than Krebs.
- TZubiri 2y ago
  Authority doesn't transfer across all domains. Although this is roughly adjacent to his domain, it's also not his domain. Consider wikipedia's take on the subject of self published sources: " Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established subject-matter expert, whose work *in the relevant field* has previously been published by reliable, independent publications." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-p...
  - hyperhopper 2y ago
    This is his domain. His domain is cyberattacks. This is 100% about cyberattacks. Sure some people are playing politics with it, but it is his domain more than the politicians. Of thr people mentioned here, we have one of the world's foremost security experts, and a fox news host making a decision about cyber security. There is no evidence that the fox news host's experience is more relevant to this domain.
    - jalapenos 2y ago
      No it's not, it's about cyber attacks and diplomacy. He has no expertise in diplomacy.
    - TZubiri 2y ago
      I looked the fox news host, he is military. That was just a low shot. I get that cybersecurity is his domain. But this is about national defense and international politics no? He is taking a jab at a different (bigger) topic based on his domain. In my experience when people do this, it doesn't play out, people get overconfident and explore the limits of their competence. But he might be on to something, who knows, time will tell. It's just not statistically likely for me And in Krebs defense, the topics are interrelated, it's not like he just gave his opinion on a completely unrelated manner like covid (remember when everyone had an opinion on that?)

0xy 2y ago

Didn't he dox his enemies and smear Ubiquiti's reputation by believing a criminal's version of events without verifying anything, resulting in a lawsuit, settlement and retraction?

TZubiri 2y ago

By the title, I was concerned, thought maybe musk's doge and the likes were leaking data. But it seems to be about Russia. It's a security researcher posting about politics. He may be out of his element and this would be equivalent to posts from any citizen. Otoh, another possibility is that his insight from the cybersecurity aspect might reflect on a bigger trend. I'm going with the former interpretation (out of his element) cyber is only one aspect of the US-Rus relations and a cybersecurity specialist might overweigh it. There's other concerns, including actual proxy wars going on. We don't know what the priorities are.

breadwinner 2y ago
Here's more reporting on this if you don't like Mr. Krebs: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia...
- TZubiri 2y ago
  I like Krebs. It's just that he is an expert in cyber security and not national defense or military. My take from reading the more neutral guardian article is that the Americans don't see russia as a threat, probably because they have faith in their public and private cyber defense. And possibly also because they do similar cyber attacks, so they don't hold it against them. It's good to see US Rus relations improving, I don't know what to tell ya.
  - breadwinner 2y ago
    > Americans don't see russia as a threat Seriously? Those Americans should remove their rose colored glasses. Even if you don't see Putin as a threat it is still important to spy on him.
    - TZubiri 2y ago
      I'm not american, but I do business with them. If the state says they have an embargo with Iran and Venezuela, I cut ties with those countries and not import stuff or work with people from those countries. If the govmt says Russia is not a threat, then Russia is not a threat as far as I'm concerned. I will always hold the official line (barring extreme circumstances). But I will not compromise trade relations with the US by taking any line different than the incumbent state. Not even if an eminence like krebs does. In the end he is a guy not in the military hierarchy, without official information, posting about national defense matters on social media for foreigners to see. And even if it is backed by similarly biased commenters on a forum ran by a dem aligned state. Who should I trust ad an outsider? It's an easy choice for me. I do try to stay away from your politics, but sometimes you gotta make a call. Do with that as you will. I get that as a citizen you have more freedom to question your govmt, and I have to tread a fine line between not getting into the politics of a foreign country in public and doing it out of nature. But in my defense, you guys sure like getting into the politics of other states. But man, let's hope I'm right, no? like it or not, neither of us have control over the line taken by your militaries. Going on a limb here, but are republicans concerned about Russia atm? If this is a bipartisan matter I'd be more inclined to be weary. Otherwise it might be dems conflating internal political enemies for external nation enemies. Happens around elections, hopefully it stabilizes. I personally would be much more concerned about the 5m visa things if I were you guys. I thought reps were anti inmigration! I guess it's ok when it's extracting the elite and wealthy from other countries. P.s: will probably delet this later. Robots.txt deny
      - wahnfrieden 2y ago
        This reply is archived
n2d4 2y ago
How is a (reputable) cybercrime journalist out of his element when it comes to how much cybercrime is committed by Russia? That sounds like it's exactly his topic of expertise. Sure, there are other things that are happening in this conflict that may or may not be worse, but he didn't say there wasn't. All he said is that he believes that the cybersecurity stuff is already enough to prove malice. If you believe there are even worse things, then you should be even more worried!

legitster 2y ago

It's hard for there to be a less authoritative figure on this stuff than Krebs.

TZubiri 2y ago
Authority doesn't transfer across all domains. Although this is roughly adjacent to his domain, it's also not his domain. Consider wikipedia's take on the subject of self published sources: " Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established subject-matter expert, whose work *in the relevant field* has previously been published by reliable, independent publications." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-p...
- hyperhopper 2y ago
  This is his domain. His domain is cyberattacks. This is 100% about cyberattacks. Sure some people are playing politics with it, but it is his domain more than the politicians. Of thr people mentioned here, we have one of the world's foremost security experts, and a fox news host making a decision about cyber security. There is no evidence that the fox news host's experience is more relevant to this domain.
  - jalapenos 2y ago
    No it's not, it's about cyber attacks and diplomacy. He has no expertise in diplomacy.
  - TZubiri 2y ago
    I looked the fox news host, he is military. That was just a low shot. I get that cybersecurity is his domain. But this is about national defense and international politics no? He is taking a jab at a different (bigger) topic based on his domain. In my experience when people do this, it doesn't play out, people get overconfident and explore the limits of their competence. But he might be on to something, who knows, time will tell. It's just not statistically likely for me And in Krebs defense, the topics are interrelated, it's not like he just gave his opinion on a completely unrelated manner like covid (remember when everyone had an opinion on that?)