Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach

Re:Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach by maerF0x0 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:09PM (#25488219)

This is pretty much the identity theft nightmare. Imagine someone pwning you early on in your life and then just waiting for retirement or other wealth events to arrive before cashing out.

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Re:Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach by what2build on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:25PM (#25488353)

Someone old enough to organize and pull off such a sophisticated attack would be around in 65 years?

Surely there are shorter paths to ill gotten gains. Like running for political office.

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Re:Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach by auslegung on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:31PM (#25488399)

I think the OP is being metaphorical by saying this hack is like doing that to someone. In this case the big “wealth event” is SolarWinds getting distributed to many high profile government agencies.

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Re:Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach by KajMagnus on Sunday December 20, 2020 @03:38PM (#25489311)

They could sell [access to the compromised systems] to the highest bidder, and in that way make instant money?

Just like stocks are traded now, altohugh the payout is in the future.

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Re:Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach by xwdv on Sunday December 20, 2020 @04:04PM (#25489478)

The idea is to keep a portfolio of stolen identities and sell them off. There’s plenty of ways to cash in early if you’re willing to take a bit less money upfront.

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