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Comment by lifeinthevoid | Hacker News Reader

Kudos to him for doing and publishing the research, I would personally be a little bit afraid to expose criminals and criminal organizations.

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There have been several attacks against Brian Krebs in the past. From sending heroin* to his house, to adding his name to malware ("malware created by Brian Krebs"). This is because he always posts pictures and full names of criminals and is also why I have no sympathy for Brian Krebs, as I dislike online pillories and the rehabilitation of criminals is made massively more difficult this way. Nevertheless, attacks against him are of course to be condemned.

* https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/09/interview-with-the-guy-w...

And don't forget the funeral wreath sent to his home address with his wife's and his name on them. That guy is not afraid of anything

Damn, that's a cold message to send someone.

The criminals he exposes are absolute scum, I doubt their attacks against him would be much less severe had he only exposed their operations and not their identity. They have no qualms swatting people who are completely innocent, if Krebs pulled punches with them I highly doubt theyd reciprocate

I'm all for rehabilitation, but let's not kid ourselves. These Russian cybercriminals who have been in business for over a decade aren't going to just turn around and suddenly become productive members of global society.

That is not the reason for being against publishing the name of these complete and utter scumbags.

The only reason not to publish names is that there's always the risk of a false positive.

It would not be the first time that it would bite him back

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