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Who Is Anna-Senpai, the Mirai Worm Author?
- alexforster 10y ago> 20-year-old [ProTraf] President Paras Jha, from Fanwood, NJ
- sean_patel 10y agoYep, noticed that too. Plus he's Indian, which makes me want to apologise for my Race :(
- jlgaddis 10y agoDon't. Every race has its assholes, and they aren't representative of everyone else.
- cixin 10y agoWow, I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open. But this was a great read. It's both sad, worrying, and slightly comforting that Mirai is run by a bunch of kids. Gives me hope that these issues can eventually be resolved.
- mhurron 10y ago> I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open Neither would I, because there is no proof of it. It is entirely coincidence and hearsay. Interesting to pass on to police, but not necessarily to call someone out publicly with.
- openmosix 10y agoAmazing read. I'm wondering if the release of this information has been timed with some other events - sort of responsible disclosure to FBI. I assume there's been an ongoing federal investigation and this will clearly tip the subject in destroying everything they're sitting on.
- iscoelho 10y agoThis was actually all disclosed to the FBI in advance when the Mirai source code was originally released. Afaik Krebs has also been communicating with them and sharing his findings. It's not really a disclosure so much as a reaction because I'd assume the FBI investigation has advanced and he now believes it's the appropriate timing since all the puzzle pieces came together. The information has been held back for quite a bit to not interfere with the FBI.
- codedokode 10y agoJust wanted to add a slightly off-topic note: > At the time, an exploit for a software weakness in Skype was being traded online, and this exploit could be used to remotely and instantaneously disable any Skype account. According to this article [1] blocking someone's account is still possible. [1] https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulnerabilities/ https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulner...
- jjoachim3 10y agoOne of the comments on the Krebs article points to a Reddit comment from "Anna-Senpai" posted five days ago, before the article was published (note: contains strong language): https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_people_whove_written_malicious_code/dce7rh9/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_p...
- libeclipse 10y agoWell written and a decent read, but honestly though, does anyone actually care? Sure, disclose this to the FBI but I can anticipate the apathy of anyone who is even a little familiar with the HF skid scene. It's just another skid that made some bruteforcing malware but this time let the other little HF skiddies have fun with it too instead of just hoarding it for himself.
- robertcorey 10y agoReally he is a skid? his aptitude at such a young age is very impressive to me.
- meowface 10y agoThe intrusion techniques weren't novel but the overall execution was masterful enough to raise his botnet into some of the largest and most powerful in history. Innovation is not the only route to talent. And I'm unsure whether they do or don't, but people should care. I hope he gets extradited.
- marssaxman 10y agoWhat do you mean when you say "HF skid"?
- betenoire 10y agohf = Hackforums, skid = script kiddie