DEF CON 31 War Stories - Living Next Door to Russia - Mikko Hypponen

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Russia is the world’s largest country. I’ve lived all my life in Finland, about a hundred miles from the Russian border. Finland has learned to live next to a very large and very unpredictable neighbor. Both my grandfathers fought Russia in the second world war. Today, Finland ranks as one of the least corrupted countries in the world, while Russia ranks as one of the most corrupted countries. How is that even possible?

As Russia has grown more aggressive over the last decade and as it violently attacked Ukraine, attitudes about neutrality changed quicky in my home country. When Finland joined NATO in April 2023, NATO more than doubled its land border with Russia – which is probably not what Putin had in mind.

This talk will summarize the developments of the Russian cyber programs and about Russian patriotic hacker groups that got us into where we are today and makes educated guesses about where Russia will be headed next.
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Thank you for repeating the questions out loud, because those can barely be heard. Great speech, thank you!

dmitrym
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I simply love this dude. What a great talk!

NeverGiveUpYo
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Amazing talk, attitude, vibe. Love this guy, best defcon talk i've seen in a minute!

pplz
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great talk, great speaker, glad I clicked this video. I didn't think I'd watch more than a few minutes but I paid attention the entire time

moonasha
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Great talk, greetings from Estonia. Thanks for representing Estonia accurately, a lot of people still consider us "basically Russia" which is kind-of sad considering how much this country has changed over the last 30 years. Of course, Finland is our close friend and I haven't seen anyone Finnish make that mistake :D

LordOfLemon
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I have been a fan of Mikko for as long as I can remember - he was a guiding light inspiration back when I was a teenager and he still is.

chloefletcher
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Wow! Impressive story, Mikko! Thank you for comprehensive covering of the brought up lively topic.

NuttyGeek
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"He who laughs last probably has a working offline backup" -me

motionthings
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Great talk! Finlands Sisu is admirable!

everythingexplained
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The two Finnish words missing from the subtitles:
1:30 Saukkonen
25:16 Herrasmieshakkerit

ExTechOp
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translation for those interested at 24:30: "I'm not buying Estonian goods. I'm against fascism." Nice to know the russian playbook of calling everyone you don't like a fascist hasn't changed since 2007...

moonasha
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Wow, what a speaker He's almost legendary and been the first in many case - The man behind the Hypponen's Law

thomson
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This was an amazing talk. Thank you for doing what you do!

EnvyAnker
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Nice to see Mikko talk in DEFCON, torille!

PexiTheBuilder
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Helsinki and Tallinn are very close, but not the closest capitals in the world when Kinshasha and Brazzaville exist on opposite shores of the Congo river. They're not even the closest in Europe: Bratislava and Vienna are 55 km apart.

peccantis
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Amazing talk as always, this guy never fails to deliver

mngn
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Great talk, really good and on topic, just a slight issue, there are capital cities closer to each other. Like Kinshasa and Brazzaville, which are like a 2km from each other, and even in Europe, Bratislava and Vienna are closer at 45km.

WannesDeBacker
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i would like to thank Linus Torvalds for my laptop's operating system

thedudegrowsfood
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During the first weeks of the war I was monitoring Meshtastic nodes that would come online with MQTT, a LOT of new nodes sprung into existence back then and after I showed a screenshot as "proof" in a certain Discord group... they swiftly went offline.

This was quite humorous, default configuration devices connecting to the internet and sending out GPS coordinates :D

sjoer
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This guy is a legend, proud to shaken his hand a few years ago

Maxxxxi