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  • monNom2

    Big hack ongoing across multiple major platforms. Probably related to Google/Gmail/Youtube outage.

    https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/21-01/

    https://www.fireeye.com/blog/thr…

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    • I've read some are blaming Russia, but anyone capable of launching this scale of attack is not going to make it easy to find the culprit.IRNlun6
    • another article: https://portswigger.…monNom
    • Retaliation for the recent publicizing of the CCP members list, as old and irrelevant as that might be?Nairn
    • ^ yep, I think attribution is really tricky. The timing is very interesting. As is the target.monNom
    • Could be RU, but why right now? More likely Iran, or maybe CCP, or NK?. Or could be internal to USA --Left/right factions going hot. Maybe none of the above.monNom
    • Wow this is actually very impressive and scary if you read about what they did. They hacked into an IT company used by the US gov and big corps, then insertedyuekit
    • their own malware into the software updates the company provides.yuekit
    • However I'm not sure this is related to the Google thing...Google statement seems to indicate a fuck up on their end.yuekit
    • Yep. It's like a pinch-point for network-level and government infrastructure. You get that and you control everything. Like something out of Mr. Robot.monNom
    • Google is speculation on my part. Evidently servers need to get pulled offline to patch, so might make sense.monNom
    • And the compromised updates apparently date all the back to March 2020.yuekit
    • Now take a look at the customers of this company...
      https://krebsonsecur…      yuekit
    • solarwinds is used from msp's all over the globe. good vector :)api
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