Guardia Civil – Network Securitas

February 7, 2024

From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

This post was originally published on this siteIn 2021, the exclusive Russian cybercrime forum Mazafaka was hacked. The leaked user database shows one of the forum’s founders was an attorney who advised Russia’s top hackers on the legal risks of their work, and what to do if they got caught. A review of this user’s hacker identities shows that during his time on the forums he served as an officer in the special forces of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Russian Federation. Launched in 2001 under the tagline “Network terrorism,” Mazafaka would evolve into one of […]