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1. giancarlostoro · 1790108475 · focus · HN ↗

   ...and this is how the FBI makes you a higher priority target, and you wind up caught.

   1. clint · 1790108604 · focus · HN ↗

      US keeps arresting and charging people from this group for well over 6 years now, and this happens in 2026. They don't sound very scared.

      1. woko · 1790111460 · focus · HN ↗

         The group is not afraid, but the individuals who got charged probably stopped all black-hat activity: there was an individual in his early twenties who "was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to return $5 million", which is life-changing to say the least.

         1. clint · 1790112877 · focus · HN ↗

            And yet its had no effect. If anything this group has accelerated their activities, as evinced by this FBI hack.
         2. asdff · 1790114975 · focus · HN ↗

            Resume like that would set you up right for a cybersecurity career
      2. pixl97 · 1790114207 · focus · HN ↗

         There are 2 million people in US prisons, and yet this somehow has never stopped new people from committing crimes. It doesn't seem to be working that good as a deterrent.

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