U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government

Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by HexagonalKitten on Monday December 14, 2020 @01:09AM (#25414075)

Do you have any idea what time window they had to generate collisions in?

The MS article on the collision says the attack required knowledge of, among other things, the predictable serial numbers. They could have had as little as the usual inter-cert issuance time, or in the worst-case scenario with entirely predictable numbers could have had months or more.

Depending on the window the funds required would change dramatically.

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Re:U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign gover... by bun_at_work on Monday December 14, 2020 @09:36AM (#25417992)

I agree that there is a wide range of costs for the attack, however for the sake of the discussion I would point out that the lower bound of that cost is likely to still be prohibitive for a teenager.

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