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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @notgeld OP 9 Jun 2023
From what I know about MtGox hack hacker didn't really need an access to server.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @xz 9 Jun 2023
Why, when I read statements relating to hacks, it reads like a highschool attempt to explain a series of events with vague language and a circular format? If there's some hard evidence proving involvement, it would not be hard to indicate in broad terms of what methods were used, or how it took an investigation around 12 years to conclude. At least if I was in court, I would be very interested to hear a detailed account of the evidence, no matter the 'complexity' of it.
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @benstern 10 Jun 2023
To issue arrest warrant and make a press release regarding it no detailed account of evidence is needed whatsoever.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @xz 10 Jun 2023
I see your point and thanks for sharing the warrant. Maybe it could have been linked on the website.
My point was that, in the event of crime, it might be helpful in warning the general public. In a murder case you'd want to know if the weapon was a blunt instrument or a firearm. Ideally, in a 'drug bust' that happened across the street, you'd want to know if the seized narcotic agents were marijuana or fentanyl. At least I would feel it might have an influence on my safety. I assume that statements to the press aim to disseminate information to help the reader understand the accusations and the version of events that led to the arrest. I suppose that the secret service has impunity from their own methods of dragnet surveillance. Not that I would expect to read technicalities, like how the hack actually occured.
"Russian Nationals Charged With .. " and "As cyber criminals have become more sophisticated in their methods of thievery, our career prosecutors and law enforcement partners, too, have become experts in the latest technologies being abused for malicious purposes,” seem timely. Perhaps DOJ might care to explain how and what exaclty this has to do with the accusations. I'm not au fait with US criminal proceedings but in general, press releases seem to be nothing more than sound bites aimed at steering public opinion, or dissuading any appetite for understanding and leads to verdicts based on emoition predicated by a lack of relevant facts.
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