Subj : Re: Wagner group exposed
To   : debian
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Nov 29 2023 06:16:00

-=> debian wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 pF> Windows XP. Self-signed certs on the OpenVPN links. Use of free hosting
 pF> services. Free Avast AV. Teamviewer. Skype. Psion PDA backups stored on
 pF> a file server on the network.
 pF>
 pF> Not ideal opsec for a multi-faceted company with potentially shady
 pF> dealings going on.


 de> I agree it is poor opsec for any company to be running old operating
 de> systems with potential incriminating evidence stored on them. That
 de> said, there are still plenty of companies that are running XP and
 de> older. My current employer still has a couple of XP machines kicking
 de> around on the production floor, still in active use.

 Which is perfectly fine, as long as they're not on the internet. Back
 in the 2010s, I was surprised to notice that the voicemail systems I
 was running were running Windows 3.51. They were isolated in a LAN by
 themselves, so there wasn't an issue.




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