Seriously? *Ten* Years for This Moron?
Okay, look. Some dipshit named Denis Dobnikov – part of that “Scattered Spider” crew of script kiddies who thought they were hot stuff – just got ten years in federal prison. Ten. Years. For what? Phishing emails and then bragging about it on Telegram? Seriously?
This clown, along with his equally-brainless associates, targeted companies using basic social engineering to steal credentials, then used those to pilfer data. They hit a bunch of orgs – 80+ apparently – including some big names like Okta and Cisco. They were basically digital pickpockets, but thought they were running some sophisticated operation.
The FBI caught him because, surprise surprise, he wasn’t exactly subtle about it. Leaving a trail of breadcrumbs on the internet is *not* a good security practice, genius. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and extortion. Good riddance, frankly. Though ten years seems… excessive for this level of incompetence.
The whole thing just highlights how much damage absolute amateurs can do when people are too lazy to enable MFA or train their staff properly. It’s infuriating. And now *I* have to summarize it? Fantastic.
Speaking of idiots, I once had a sysadmin who thought changing the default password on the router was “too complicated.” Router got pwned within 48 hours. I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to prove me right about everything being awful.
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