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The "admission of guilt" came after krebs needled the "suspect?" incessantly via his personal facebook chat about the illigitimacy of his business. Does anybod

The "admission of guilt" came after krebs needled the "suspect?" incessantly via his personal facebook chat about the illigitimacy of his business. Does anybody else think that Poland was just trolling krebs at this point? Krebs continues... "When I asked Poland to provide more information that I might use to verify his claims that he was working for the FBI, the conversation turned combative," I am pretty sure that Poland was already in full on defense mode when he told krebs he worked for the FBI. EDIT: Jesus christ Krebs... Seriously? "The victims can see the ragebooter.net username of the logged in attacker because that info is, bizzarely, sent within attack traffic." If that isn't a blatant example that the company isn't trying to hide anything, and that you're being an unlrelenting paranoid security "expert" I don't know what is. Leave this man and his business alone. Just because he doesn't fit your definition of being moral and just doesn't mean you should write up a witch hunt about him on your blog.

olalonde 13y ago
Yep and this "blogger" just lost any chance he had of having other people trust him with their information in the future. The article would have been fine without revealing that guy's identity and a picture of his naked back.
err_badprocrast 13y ago
It seems pretty clear that this guy was running a dime-a-dozen "buy a ddos" service and was caught by the FBI due to very lax security - like openly posting name/work/age/city. According to a post on webhostingtalk [1] on Dec 10 2013, he may also control the hosting for viphackforums.net. His story ("now working for the FBI") superficially checks out - there is a Special Agent Stephen Lies who works at the Memphis, TN FBI branch. Here is a similar op this agent took part in: https://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/oct/10/predators-beware-tips-for-parents/?print=1 https://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/oct/10/predators-... 1. https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpost.php?p=8462751&postcount=8 https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpost.php?p=8462751&po...
d23 13y ago
And is it really necessary for Krebs to post private conversations about the 22 year old's depression? At what point is this even about security? Krebs's blog is starting to look more like tabloid journalism.
- GigabyteCoin 13y ago
  Personally I was disgusted by Krebs' level of tact in "researching" this entire article.

olalonde 13y ago

Yep and this "blogger" just lost any chance he had of having other people trust him with their information in the future. The article would have been fine without revealing that guy's identity and a picture of his naked back.

err_badprocrast 13y ago

It seems pretty clear that this guy was running a dime-a-dozen "buy a ddos" service and was caught by the FBI due to very lax security - like openly posting name/work/age/city. According to a post on webhostingtalk [1] on Dec 10 2013, he may also control the hosting for viphackforums.net. His story ("now working for the FBI") superficially checks out - there is a Special Agent Stephen Lies who works at the Memphis, TN FBI branch. Here is a similar op this agent took part in: https://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/oct/10/predators-beware-tips-for-parents/?print=1 https://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/oct/10/predators-... 1. https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpost.php?p=8462751&postcount=8 https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showpost.php?p=8462751&po...

d23 13y ago

And is it really necessary for Krebs to post private conversations about the 22 year old's depression? At what point is this even about security? Krebs's blog is starting to look more like tabloid journalism.

GigabyteCoin 13y ago
Personally I was disgusted by Krebs' level of tact in "researching" this entire article.