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For people that can't grok the title and the article like me: - BasedApparel.com is a website owned by a person that happens to be the FBI director now. (he ow

For people that can't grok the title and the article like me: - BasedApparel.com is a website owned by a person that happens to be the FBI director now. (he owned it before he became the director if it matters) - The website BasedApparel.com was hacked and the hackers added a malicious click here to verify you are human section that tried to have you download a malicious payload if you were on macos.

gensym 5mo ago
So it's not where you buy those shirts that say "Female Body Inspector?"
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bdcravens 5mo ago
> he owned it before he became the director if it matters All the more reason that those who "serve" in the government should be required to divest of their business interests. The traffic such a site would get due to the tribalism prevalent in US politics makes it a fat target, and potentially a national security threat.
- wheelerwj 5mo ago
  Im a big fan of divesting in these scenarios but i dont know how that would help in this scenario specifically. His current role and his previous ownership made the site a target, but it would be a target regardless of who owns it currently.
  - Nevermark 5mo ago
    It is the mix of high-security high-visibility national impact with organizations that are completely unequipped to operate in that arena. > it would be a target regardless of who owns it currently. The commonality of attacks makes it more important to eliminate distracting dependencies for critical leaders. Not less. There is a reason top security clearances have requirements no normal organization could make on their employers. Lack of loose vectors is even more important for leaders.
- abc123abc123 5mo ago
  This is not good. What it achieves, is that the quality of people who assume office sinks even lower than it is today, since anyone with a modicum of competence, would never divest a business for a low paid, public job. On the other hand... you _do_ have a point here. Care must be taken to make sure that the persons business does not profit by the PR and media exposure related to the position they are taking. I don't know how to do this. Maybe someone else runs their business at arms length? Maybe tracking the revenue and profit to catch sudden upward swings? And adding to this, it should of course be completely illegal for politicians, US and other nations, to profit from insider trading.
  - compass_copium 5mo ago
    I disagree. I think the caliber of public employee, and their integrity, would be much higher if they were "only" allowed to collect their salary. No state employee would be allowed to run a business like this while employed where I live (sapphire-blue New England state FWIW). Government positions are fairly, but not extravagantly, compensated, prestigious and come with excellent benefits. They should not be an avenue for accumulation of riches. It clearly does not work well and we're not getting the country's best.
    - yostrovs 5mo ago
      The person should also work for minimum wage, since that is a sign that the welfare of the community is more important than the employee's own. Perhaps weekly self immolation sessions would take that up a notch? What about divesting one's family because they might take attention away from important government work?
      - mikestew 5mo ago
        You’re not even going to try to argue in good faith, are you? No one suggested anything close to what you’re saying.
      - bdcravens 5mo ago
        The roughly $200k/year that department heads, congress, etc get is hardly minimum wage. No one is even suggesting they should lose the assets they've built up, just that they shouldn't be allowed to own a business while serving the public.
morkalork 5mo ago
>happens to be This is not normal, other (decent) countries are not like this
- zombot 5mo ago
  Sarcasm is hard to spot in raw text.
mzajc 5mo ago
> if you were on macos Did they only target macOS? The article mentions macOS a lot, but AFAIK this attack changes the instructions based on the User-Agent. I've seen the exact page with instructions for Windows and PowerShell before.
zombot 5mo ago
Has it been hacked? I mean, Trump's accomplices running conspicuous scams would not exactly be a surprise. They are all immune from prosecution, after all.
anigbrowl 5mo ago
Honestly, I can't think of a more deserving bunch of people than the owner and target customers of that website. Super genius people like that need entertaining challenges in their lives to perform at their peak.

gensym 5mo ago

So it's not where you buy those shirts that say "Female Body Inspector?"

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bdcravens 5mo ago

> he owned it before he became the director if it matters All the more reason that those who "serve" in the government should be required to divest of their business interests. The traffic such a site would get due to the tribalism prevalent in US politics makes it a fat target, and potentially a national security threat.

wheelerwj 5mo ago
Im a big fan of divesting in these scenarios but i dont know how that would help in this scenario specifically. His current role and his previous ownership made the site a target, but it would be a target regardless of who owns it currently.
- Nevermark 5mo ago
  It is the mix of high-security high-visibility national impact with organizations that are completely unequipped to operate in that arena. > it would be a target regardless of who owns it currently. The commonality of attacks makes it more important to eliminate distracting dependencies for critical leaders. Not less. There is a reason top security clearances have requirements no normal organization could make on their employers. Lack of loose vectors is even more important for leaders.
abc123abc123 5mo ago
This is not good. What it achieves, is that the quality of people who assume office sinks even lower than it is today, since anyone with a modicum of competence, would never divest a business for a low paid, public job. On the other hand... you _do_ have a point here. Care must be taken to make sure that the persons business does not profit by the PR and media exposure related to the position they are taking. I don't know how to do this. Maybe someone else runs their business at arms length? Maybe tracking the revenue and profit to catch sudden upward swings? And adding to this, it should of course be completely illegal for politicians, US and other nations, to profit from insider trading.
- compass_copium 5mo ago
  I disagree. I think the caliber of public employee, and their integrity, would be much higher if they were "only" allowed to collect their salary. No state employee would be allowed to run a business like this while employed where I live (sapphire-blue New England state FWIW). Government positions are fairly, but not extravagantly, compensated, prestigious and come with excellent benefits. They should not be an avenue for accumulation of riches. It clearly does not work well and we're not getting the country's best.
  - yostrovs 5mo ago
    The person should also work for minimum wage, since that is a sign that the welfare of the community is more important than the employee's own. Perhaps weekly self immolation sessions would take that up a notch? What about divesting one's family because they might take attention away from important government work?
    - mikestew 5mo ago
      You’re not even going to try to argue in good faith, are you? No one suggested anything close to what you’re saying.
    - bdcravens 5mo ago
      The roughly $200k/year that department heads, congress, etc get is hardly minimum wage. No one is even suggesting they should lose the assets they've built up, just that they shouldn't be allowed to own a business while serving the public.

morkalork 5mo ago

>happens to be This is not normal, other (decent) countries are not like this

zombot 5mo ago
Sarcasm is hard to spot in raw text.

mzajc 5mo ago

> if you were on macos Did they only target macOS? The article mentions macOS a lot, but AFAIK this attack changes the instructions based on the User-Agent. I've seen the exact page with instructions for Windows and PowerShell before.

zombot 5mo ago

Has it been hacked? I mean, Trump's accomplices running conspicuous scams would not exactly be a surprise. They are all immune from prosecution, after all.

anigbrowl 5mo ago

Honestly, I can't think of a more deserving bunch of people than the owner and target customers of that website. Super genius people like that need entertaining challenges in their lives to perform at their peak.