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Jeffrey Carr
Personal blog · jeffreycarr.blogspot.comsecuritypolitics
Jeffrey Carr writes Digital Dao, a personal blog at jeffreycarr.blogspot.com about security and politics. Since 2011, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Jeffrey Carr's blog covers cyber security and state-linked hacking, including Stuxnet, Operation Shady Rat and Huawei. HN commenters cite its posts as sources and background on Chinese cyber operations.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Evolving Hostilities in the Global Cyber Commons
What Hacker News says?
This didn’t actually happen, but it makes a good story that is often repeated. http://jeffreycarr.blogspot.com/2012/06/myth-of-cia-and-tran... Also, this story seems to be taking on a life of its own. You have some details that were not in previous rounds. Integer overflow based on uptime was not in the original unverified story.
Comment linking /2012/06/myth-of-cia-and-trans-siberian-pipeline.html
on “The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software ever written”Submitted RSA chief believed cryptographers’ warnings on Dual EC DRBG lacked merit (2014) as a story · 185 points
HN discussionThat's cool. Much better than the blah acticle. 袁哥 is actually a very skilled hacker and reputable in China. IIRC He works for NSFocus, NSFocus used to be the de facto operator of China's G.F.W., it was replace by another firm after a Taiwan spy issue. edit: http://jeffreycarr.blogspot.com/2011/06/18-days-from-0day-to...
Comment linking /2011/06/18-days-from-0day-to-8k-rsa-attack.html
on “Operation Shady Rat Is The Largest Cyber Attack Ever Uncovered”Submitted Guess Who Owns The Patent to RSA's Backdoor Algorithm? Blackberry as a story · 9 points
HN discussionHuawei's chairwoman, Sun Yafang, worked for Chinese intelligence before joining Huawei. Source(s): http://jeffreycarr.blogspot.com/2011/10/huaweis-chairwoman-w... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fSL5mPB_18Q/TphTDDqd2OI/AAAAAAAAAI... http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/11/chinese-tele... http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/osc/huawei.pdf
Comment linking /2011/10/huaweis-chairwoman-worked-for-chinese.html
on “Huawei is giving up the US market”Submitted The Legal Rationale for Killing an Enemy Hacker as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why You Should Demand Proof on North Korea and Sony as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Latest Sony Breach and Its Potential SEC Problems as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The New York Times / China Hack: What Really Happened and Who Really Did It? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Was Stratfor Breached By An Insider? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Latest FBI Statement On Alleged Illinois Water Company Attack as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Decision Tree for Potential OpCartel Participants as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Analysis of bad RSA SecurID breach (originally via Cringely) as a story · 1 points
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