US Emergency Alert System Hacked

Timestamps:
0:00 Emergency Alert System Hacked
2:17 This Ransomware Doesn't Make Any Sense
5:41 Twitter Hack Affects 5.4 Million Users
8:02 PlexTrac
8:44 Outro

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[Foiliagegaming]

Give this kid a medal for his project. And a job.

[romulosendoromulo]

The kid deserves a scholarship somewhere and some guidance. He is obviously going places

[sienile]

I think the "not ransomware" idea is good. Guy has no malicious intent, freely provides the encryption key, and in doing this alerts the "victim" to the bad practices they used that led to them getting the ransomware. It would be nice if he let them know that it was not a scam with a short paragraph explaining what he's doing along with the Discord invite, just to reduce the chance of panic like you described.

[Ganerrr]

honestly that kid is pretty based, wish more people did this so pip/node/etc etc would DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE GARBAGE THAT IS PACKAGE MANGERS. There isn't proper verification or review or literally anything at all basically.

[navigator]

If it was downloaded with a python package, then whoever got infected must be familiar with tech. Easy to use discord. I'd leave the kid alone.

[vidyajamesu]

Thank you for these regular updates. I look forward to seeing what illicit shenanigans people are getting up to with each upload!

[redo]

In Poland we get SMS messages from a unknown number, with just an "Alert" name tag. This one could be very easily abused.

[rafaelestevam]

Here in Brazil telcos use this local emergency system to send ads and plans ¬¬'

[sssssnake]

Holy s***, with this kind of power, we could be invaded, and never even know it.

[asdf]

Someone please send the SCP:001 "When Day Breaks" EAS through.

[angryraspberry]

I was in Honolulu when they had the missed crisis. I was at work and after the sirens went off we made out way to a church nearby. After the news stated the it was a accidentall missle alert. My boss sent all of us back to work.

[Toxicbananaz]

look at all the bots 😂 keep up the hard work sey!

[AmortizedLogN]

Would have been funny if the ransomware guy forgot to set the correct access control for the channel where new "victims" were announced and then he just went with the story once contacted by the security researchers.

[himabimdimwim]

The kid did something very impressive. He didn't *have* to include a decrypt mechanism for the victim's files, but he did. It was dumb to actually deploy his idea, but the innovation and hacking behind it was quite clever and should be rewarded and nurtured in a safe environment. Preferably an environment with oversight 😂

[poiu]

It isn't inherently wrong coding malware. Plenty of researchers and devs do it in white hat sense, to learn more about potential vulnerabilities. I don't think he did a single "wrong" thing.

[blueforce]

5:03 bruh imagine you're downloading a python package but you're not "technical"

[BetaTester]

I think the ransomware kid didn't understand it was a potential cybercrime, but I also don't think he's done anything bad either if everything is irreversible for free

[hypnotico]

You might want to remove those tones out of the video. FCC might submit a takedown notice thru YouTube.

From the Emergency Broadcast System wiki:
To protect the integrity of the system, and prevent false activations, the FCC prohibits the use of actual or simulated EAS/WEA tones and attention signals outside of genuine alerts, tests, or authorized public service announcements

[lurkingstar]

I'd imagine anyone downloading and installing python packages is a tech-savvy person, likely a software dev. They probably won't just delete the encrypted files

[DeveloperifyRoblox]

If I got access to one of the emergency broadcast systems, I would broadcast out "A working McDonalds icecream machine has just escaped out of Area 52, and is on the run. If you find him, grab him, go to your nearest 5g tower, and perform a satanic ritual"