cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/44181350
The announcement marks the second major Salt Typhoon incident in the space of two years
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/44181350
The announcement marks the second major Salt Typhoon incident in the space of two years
the dumber a hacker group name is the more embarrassing it is to be hacked by it
There are two types of hacker group names. The first type is “The Icy Black Hand of Death Squadron”, and it’s made up entirely out of script kiddies who only know how to DDoS. The other type is called the “Meow Meow Kitten Cuties”, and are responsible for numerous changes in cybersecurity best practices because they came up with unprecedented attacks.
And there’s a third type. They just keep asking politely for passwords until someone gives it to them.
Ma’am, we have an urgent request. I am acting as a Hexbear representative to contact you. Please DM the nearest Hexbear representative with a copy of your password for password inspection. This is to ensure that recent changes to password length and special character requirements are being met. Thank you for your cooperation.
I just did. Is my password still good?
Kinda bad tbh. We changed it for you.
No, we won’t tell you what the new one is
I am just glad I am secure now!
*******“Sounds suspicious… Eh, it’s not like I care about this company that much.”
can i just post it here? i’;; put it in spoils to be safe, ty
[spoil it] the password that i use is 'MAGACummunismSussyBaka" [end the spoil it]
That group is called Scattered Spider
shoutout to my catgirls in the programmer socks
Yep, the math checks out.
I think the US government provided this name. I don’t think it’s an actual named group.On the Wikipedia page for the group:
Salt Typhoon is the name assigned by Microsoft and is the one most widely used to describe the group.[23] The group has also variously been called:
Earth Estrie by Trend Micro[6]
Ghost Emperor by Kaspersky Lab[23]
FamousSparrow by ESET[23]
UNC2286 by Mandiant[28]
Ghost Emperor sounds the coolest, but is it an emperor of the ghosts? Is it a dead emperor who is now a ghost? Is it an ethereal penguin? Is it just a large dead penguin? Do ghosts have any impact on the mortal plane with this naming convention, or is it more like you’re being silently and invisibly judged by the disembodied soul of a dead monarch? Was this dead emperor the true source of executive power, or was he merely a figurehead for a governing body with more collective legislative experience? Was the emperor a child when he became a ghost, or had he accumulated wisdom with age? What sort of backgrounds did the ghosts have in life that they are now ruled by an emperor, and what sort of an impact does a monarch have over the lives of the dead?
Who wields more power, a dead monarch or a particularly famous sparrow?