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You know, not only are we doing something good, but it's exciting and I want to do it again and again. And sometimes like it's like you're almost like you're chasing a high and that can like lead you off the trail.
You know, not only are we doing something good, but it's exciting and I want to do it again and again. And sometimes like it's like you're almost like you're chasing a high and that can like lead you off the trail.
So all these different devices that are part of the botnet, you know, just like going through and like seeing where they're at or, you know, what they have access to. And some of the stuff that randomly would just get popped would be like an Apple TV, an Iranian WiMAX base station for like cell phones.
So all these different devices that are part of the botnet, you know, just like going through and like seeing where they're at or, you know, what they have access to. And some of the stuff that randomly would just get popped would be like an Apple TV, an Iranian WiMAX base station for like cell phones.
And, you know, you just pull it up and I start looking and I'm like, oh, this is some kind of institution, university. So pull up the URL, check the domains, go to the homepage and... you know, can easily access the admin panel. And once I log in, just pull up the finances of all the people and all the debt they have.
And, you know, you just pull it up and I start looking and I'm like, oh, this is some kind of institution, university. So pull up the URL, check the domains, go to the homepage and... you know, can easily access the admin panel. And once I log in, just pull up the finances of all the people and all the debt they have.
These people might, you know, really enjoy having their slate wiped clean, as it were. If you look, some of them owe a substantial amount of money, you know, like $70,000. I think some people owed like upwards of like over $100,000. It's a lot of money, you know what I'm saying? It's like perpetual debt that sometimes it just lasts for decades.
These people might, you know, really enjoy having their slate wiped clean, as it were. If you look, some of them owe a substantial amount of money, you know, like $70,000. I think some people owed like upwards of like over $100,000. It's a lot of money, you know what I'm saying? It's like perpetual debt that sometimes it just lasts for decades.
So, um, just deleted everything. I went into the PHP shell and just sent everything to DevNull and just shredded it. So whatever I sent there is just not coming back.
So, um, just deleted everything. I went into the PHP shell and just sent everything to DevNull and just shredded it. So whatever I sent there is just not coming back.
You feel good. Whenever you can make a positive impact in people's lives and the power of doing that remotely from your house is just like... It's like almost intangible, like the amount of power you can exert over the internet. It's something that your average person just will never understand.
You feel good. Whenever you can make a positive impact in people's lives and the power of doing that remotely from your house is just like... It's like almost intangible, like the amount of power you can exert over the internet. It's something that your average person just will never understand.
I mean, literally anything from banks. Like I said, Apple TVs. We landed inside the Netherlands defense gateway. Like, what? Y'all have the default SSH password set? Like, you just haven't done anything with... Okay, cool. Cool. more schools, school of computer and intelligent systems, host providers. That was really cool. It was honestly like a gold mine.
I mean, literally anything from banks. Like I said, Apple TVs. We landed inside the Netherlands defense gateway. Like, what? Y'all have the default SSH password set? Like, you just haven't done anything with... Okay, cool. Cool. more schools, school of computer and intelligent systems, host providers. That was really cool. It was honestly like a gold mine.
because we could literally just like keep spinning up virtual private servers whenever we need. It's like free web hosting, free storage space. Stumbled across a weird NSA Skynet program on a serious adventure server by like also like was co-hosted with the US Air Force. Super weird stuff. We're sitting on an admin login panel for Coinbase, which had access to hot wallets. Very scary stuff.
because we could literally just like keep spinning up virtual private servers whenever we need. It's like free web hosting, free storage space. Stumbled across a weird NSA Skynet program on a serious adventure server by like also like was co-hosted with the US Air Force. Super weird stuff. We're sitting on an admin login panel for Coinbase, which had access to hot wallets. Very scary stuff.
Thankfully, we didn't do anything with that. The Twitter and Facebook zero days, it was both just like a four digit pin reset.
Thankfully, we didn't do anything with that. The Twitter and Facebook zero days, it was both just like a four digit pin reset.
I became kind of obsessed with like having the tightest object that I could have because I didn't ever want to get caught, obviously. And that kind of led to my arrogance also of being able to Literally, I got to the point where I thought I'd never be caught no matter what I did. And that just opened the door for doing anything hacking-wise.
I became kind of obsessed with like having the tightest object that I could have because I didn't ever want to get caught, obviously. And that kind of led to my arrogance also of being able to Literally, I got to the point where I thought I'd never be caught no matter what I did. And that just opened the door for doing anything hacking-wise.