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> ShinyHunters ... said its data leak site contains 9,000 schools, including data belonging to 275 million students Brought up a question I've had every time I
by SoftTalker 6mo ago
> ShinyHunters ... said its data leak site contains 9,000 schools, including data belonging to 275 million students
Brought up a question I've had every time I read about these leaks... what kind of pipes do these shadowy groups have that they can grab all this data? I've spent days waiting just downloading a few 100 of GB from OneDrive. How do they grab all this data, are they just slowly gathering it for months via a compromised desktop somewhere, or if not, are the companies not monitoring for unexpected massive amounts of outbound traffic from their database or file servers?
- organsnyder 6mo agoI'd assume they have a botnet to parallelize it. Though depending on where you live (not that they'd be using their own machines) fast pipes are fairly common—I have a 5gbps symmetrical fiber connection to my home in Michigan.