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Bob McMillan

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169 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

I think of them as wizards, the wizards of the internet.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

What makes Kim Wolf different is how it spreads.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

So DDoS attacks are basically when you get a bunch of computers and they flood another computer with just like junk data, like, hey, could you send me this webpage?

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

And that junk data eventually slows down the computer to the point where it doesn't work.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

They sort of flood the zone with internet traffic and then the target doesn't work anymore.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

The concern here was that they could knock out the internet.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

That was the concern, like the internet could get wiped out with this phenomenon.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

The message was, be afraid.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

Be very afraid.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

Residential proxy is really a way of just masquerading as somebody else.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

On the internet, we all have something that's like the equivalent of our phone number.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

It's called an IP address.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

And these IP addresses basically are good indicators of who's visiting your websites.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

What residential proxy does is it basically lets you Airbnb that IP address.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

So you might actually get paid to allow somebody to go from your IP address to anywhere on the internet.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

Any kind of online criminal activity.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

This could be like nation states hacking into corporations.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

This could be ticket scalpers trying to buy a bunch of tickets.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

You know, identity fraud.

The Journal.
The College Student Who Defeated the World’s Biggest Cyberweapon

So it's basically any kind of crime you can think about that happens on the Internet happens with residential proxy networks.

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