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Cyberattack targeting LinkedIn users
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17:42 - 25:32 (07:49)

Attackers create a fake LinkedIn site that responds quicker than the real one and delivers malicious software to the victim's machine, while remaining undetected in what is called a "man on the side attack."

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Hackers from GCHQ built a fake LinkedIn site, which was an exact replica of the real one, to deliver malicious software to victims' machines by responding quicker than the real one, fooling system administrators at Belgacom.
17:42 - 20:43 (03:00)
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Cybersecurity
Summary

Hackers from GCHQ built a fake LinkedIn site, which was an exact replica of the real one, to deliver malicious software to victims' machines by responding quicker than the real one, fooling system administrators at Belgacom.

Chapter
Cyberattack targeting LinkedIn users
Episode
Ep 48: Operation Socialist
Podcast
Darknet Diaries
Attackers used a fake LinkedIn site and a quantum server to intercept and modify user communications by responding quicker than the legitimate server, making it difficult to trace the anonymous buyers who rented the servers.
20:43 - 25:32 (04:49)
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Cybersecurity
Summary

Attackers used a fake LinkedIn site and a quantum server to intercept and modify user communications by responding quicker than the legitimate server, making it difficult to trace the anonymous buyers who rented the servers.

Chapter
Cyberattack targeting LinkedIn users
Episode
Ep 48: Operation Socialist
Podcast
Darknet Diaries