Some DDoS skid added me to a 1337 hax0r Twitter group chat. I've finally reached the point of internet popularity that I had hoped I would never reach.
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when you respond, they show it off to all their skid friends as proof they have industry cred. this *just* happened with Antichrist, the guy who fronted for the Loser Squad. DM'd me after the Mirai sentencing all "lol" I just ignored him.
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Yeah I used to have to deal with the Gator Squad kids every month or two... I wish they realized that industry cred comes with a lot less jail time if you do it the right way.
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I never understood the threat actors wanting attention thing. They could easily gain attention with multiple year campaigns and never speak a word to anyone. Instead they become obsessed with socializing and broadcasting their exploits.
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By having regular communications with others and sharing details about themselves all they do is chip away at their anonymity and make an indictment/sentence that much closer. It doesn't really make sense to me.
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While I understand "fame/reputation" in the underground gets them access to more advanced and complex threat actors and their tools/ideas. If they were smart they would do it all themselves and learn from the mistakes of others.
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It's short-term mentality I think. Most government/advanced threat actors are focused on multi-year campaigns in most cases (with notable outliers) while a lot of the headlining blackhat stories are smash and grab with large, short-term gains.
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Think payment processor breaches or PoS malware campaigns. If you maintain access to those platforms for a long time period, you're talking millions+ cards per day.
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However, because of advances in CPP (common point of purchase) analysis, the second you try to monetize a breach, you're screwed. The hunt begins as soon as the cards are offered for sale, and breach discovery happens pretty quickly after the hunt begins.
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