Shinyhunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree
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The ShinyHunters group is allegedly conducting a broad corporate extortion spree, threatening companies with data breaches, as reported by Krebs on Security; the HN discussion is limited but suggests concern over the group's tactics.
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bn-l
3 months ago
This has to be one of the worst written blogs on the internet. I’ve been reading it for over 10 years. I get drawn in by a headline which is right in my wheelhouse but then when I start reading I need to go back and forward and re-read and then I get this headache that starts about halfway through. There’s something about the way they’re structured. In general it’s probably the worst writing I’ve ever encountered in my life. I’m not exaggerating or joking. Krebs is a great investigator but he needs to get someone else to do the actual writing.
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