Julian Oliver on Nostr: Fascinating and sophisticated MiTM ('man in the middle') at Hetzner (DE) and Linode, ...
Fascinating and sophisticated MiTM ('man in the middle') at Hetzner (DE) and Linode, targeting Russia's largest XMPP/Jabber (civilian) chat service. The authors of the article make a reasonably compelling case that "this is lawful interception Hetzner and Linode were forced to setup."
https://notes.valdikss.org.ru/jabber.ru-mitm/Excellent mitigation walkthrough here:
https://www.devever.net/~hl/xmpp-incidentSure gets me thinking.
#infosec #sysadmin #forensics
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