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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by johndhi on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:27PM (#42252616)
It also seems like a bad opsec if he creates multiple aliases for the same theme. Wouldn't you want to have one us soldier, one Russian, one African, etc. if you are trying to create red herrings?
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by XorNot on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:35AM (#42253242)
Even the soldier persona is consistent though. The trouble with opsec like this is (1) you always have to win and (2) almost everything - even total randomness tends to create a pattern (since you the negative space of trying not to stand out itself tends to make you stand out).
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