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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by bed99 on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @03:24PM (#39909834)
Is it legal and possible for the NSA to socially attack someone with mental health issues this way?

I'd like to rule-out some state actors by the mere heartbreaking act of socially engineering and targeting a person in pain.

Not even considering the original maintainer may be a US citizen (idk).

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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by account42 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:33AM (#39979259)
You do realize that plenty of state actors have no qualms with physically torturing and killing people in the most gruesome ways possible, right? Online bullying is peanuts in that context.
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