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submitted 3 days ago by RedWizard@hexbear.net to c/news@hexbear.net

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/44181350

The announcement marks the second major Salt Typhoon incident in the space of two years

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[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 52 points 3 days ago

There is only one option to ensure operational security; we must euthanize all troops 😔

[-] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago

I know just the man with the right resume pete

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 35 points 3 days ago

they came up with such a stupid name for this supposed hacking group.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 44 points 3 days ago

the dumber a hacker group name is the more embarrassing it is to be hacked by it

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 39 points 3 days ago

There are two types of hacker group names. The first type is "The Icy Black Hand of Death Squadron", and it's made up entirely out of script kiddies who only know how to DDoS. The other type is called the "Meow Meow Kitten Cuties", and are responsible for numerous changes in cybersecurity best practices because they came up with unprecedented attacks.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 28 points 3 days ago

And there’s a third type. They just keep asking politely for passwords until someone gives it to them.

[-] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 23 points 3 days ago

Ma’am, we have an urgent request. I am acting as a Hexbear representative to contact you. Please DM the nearest Hexbear representative with a copy of your password for password inspection. This is to ensure that recent changes to password length and special character requirements are being met. Thank you for your cooperation.

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

I just did. Is my password still good?

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Kinda bad tbh. We changed it for you.

No, we won’t tell you what the new one is

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago
[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

I am just glad I am secure now!

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago

"Sounds suspicious... Eh, it's not like I care about this company that much."

[-] jack@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

can i just post it here? i';; put it in spoils to be safe, ty

[spoil it] the password that i use is 'MAGACummunismSussyBaka" [end the spoil it]

[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 days ago

That group is called Scattered Spider

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago

shoutout to my catgirls in the programmer socks

[-] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago

‘All US forces must now assume their networks are compromised’ after Big Chungus breach

‘All US forces must now assume their networks are compromised’ after Beanis Supreme breach

Yep, the math checks out.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

~~I think the US government provided this name. I don't think it's an actual named group.~~

On the Wikipedia page for the group:

Salt Typhoon is the name assigned by Microsoft and is the one most widely used to describe the group.[23] The group has also variously been called:
Earth Estrie by Trend Micro[6]
Ghost Emperor by Kaspersky Lab[23]
FamousSparrow by ESET[23]
UNC2286 by Mandiant[28]

[-] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Ghost Emperor sounds the coolest, but is it an emperor of the ghosts? Is it a dead emperor who is now a ghost? Is it an ethereal penguin? Is it just a large dead penguin? Do ghosts have any impact on the mortal plane with this naming convention, or is it more like you're being silently and invisibly judged by the disembodied soul of a dead monarch? Was this dead emperor the true source of executive power, or was he merely a figurehead for a governing body with more collective legislative experience? Was the emperor a child when he became a ghost, or had he accumulated wisdom with age? What sort of backgrounds did the ghosts have in life that they are now ruled by an emperor, and what sort of an impact does a monarch have over the lives of the dead?

Who wields more power, a dead monarch or a particularly famous sparrow?

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago

Mr Xi, release the Epstein files

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 40 points 3 days ago

Ah yes, the yearly Salt Typhoon

[-] Des@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

imagine how much that would burn

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 3 days ago

Imagine how many pretzels I could season for free!

[-] Des@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

ok your PP is perfection now i read it in his voice

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

I have watched so much Simpsons that I can do most of the voices pretty well

Even early Homer, when he was a weird stiff Walter Matthau

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

what if it's really tasty salt tho

[-] Des@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago
[-] lilypad@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

Salmiakki is tastyer salt

[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 35 points 3 days ago

Goddamn that website is ad-cancer wtf

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago
[-] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago
[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Firefox. Ublock and sponsor block.

[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago

common china (allegedly) w

[-] batsforpeace@hexbear.net 35 points 3 days ago
[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 24 points 3 days ago
[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 22 points 3 days ago
[-] invo_rt@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
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