He did, in this article published in January 2017: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-m...

It's a great read.

Interestingly, in addition to Paras Jha and Josiah White, the justice department's announcment mentions a guilty plea from Dalton Norman, who isn't mentioned in Krebs's article. I wonder what the story there is?

It's buried in the wired article, they found zero days to use to infect hosts.

Sorry, what Wired article is that?

"How a Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down the Internet" https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraft-scam-brou...

Thanks!

thanks, interesting read. though it basically comes down to bad opsec on anna-senpai's part

Krebs almost never knows anything before "anyone else". Before the public or other journos, sure.

Obviously "anyone else" is hyperbolic, but whatever shade you want to throw at Krebs, he is serious about the job of investigative journalism for information security in a way literally nobody else in the industry seems to be.

Why do you think I'm trying to throw shade at Krebs? His journalism is excellent.

I just know that the FBI isn't so incompetent that they didn't already know who these guys were before Krebs wrote his article, enough people surrounding Mirai were already very familiar to them.

Sorry, it's a message board, tone is sometimes hard to tell! I apologize for jumping to the wrong conclusion.