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Natto Thoughts
Personal blog · nattothoughts.substack.comsecurityculturepolitics
Natto Thoughts is a personal blog at nattothoughts.substack.com about security, culture and politics. Since 2024, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its analysis of cyber-espionage attribution, including Volt Typhoon and whether it is tied to China, and for a later update on a Chinese quantum AES claim.
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Stories, analysis and insights from the intersection of culture, technology, and security.
What Hacker News says?
That paragraph you cited simply says that the intrusions bear the hallmarks of Volt Typhoon. It has no bearing on the separate question who Volt Typhoon is. Analogy: "was this murder committed by Jack the Ripper?" and "who was Jack the Ripper?" are separate questions. > Who the heck is Natto Thoughts and why should I care? You can check out their about page: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/about
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on “New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China's 'Volt Typhoon'”Submitted Butian Platform: Forging China's Next Generation of White Hat Hackers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe link between Volt Typhoon and China is not as firmly established as news reports tend to suggest. It's mostly based on tactical attributions (as opposed to operational and strategic ones). China attributes the indicators to a cybercrime group. This blog post has a good summary of the state of evidence (such as it is): https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/who-is-volt-typhoon-a-s...
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on “New 0-Day Attacks Linked to China's 'Volt Typhoon'”Submitted I-Soon Toolkit: What Is "TZ"? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionUpdate, with correct paper: https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/chinas-quantum-tunnelin...
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on “Chinese researchers claim they have broken AES encryption using quantum computer”