One of the comments on the Krebs article points to a Reddit comment from "Anna-Senpai" posted five days ago, before the article was published (note: contains strong language):
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_people_whove_written_malicious_code/dce7rh9/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_p...</a>
Just wanted to add a slightly off-topic note:<p>> At the time, an exploit for a software weakness in Skype was being traded online, and this exploit could be used to remotely and instantaneously disable any Skype account.<p>According to this article [1] blocking someone's account is still possible.<p>[1] <a href="https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulnerabilities/" rel="nofollow">https://hub.zhovner.com/geek/how-skype-fixes-security-vulner...</a>
Amazing read. I'm wondering if the release of this information has been timed with some other events - sort of responsible disclosure to FBI. I assume there's been an ongoing federal investigation and this will clearly tip the subject in destroying everything they're sitting on.
Wow, I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open. But this was a great read.<p>It's both sad, worrying, and slightly comforting that Mirai is run by a bunch of kids. Gives me hope that these issues can eventually be resolved.
Well written and a decent read, but honestly though, does anyone actually care? Sure, disclose this to the FBI but I can anticipate the apathy of anyone who is even a little familiar with the HF skid scene.<p>It's just another skid that made some bruteforcing malware but this time let the other little HF skiddies have fun with it too instead of just hoarding it for himself.