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atemerev
on May 24, 2019
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Maker of US border's license-plate scanning tech r...
This dump was made public on purpose. So were other dumps in cases like that.
mirimir
on May 24, 2019
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OK, what's the advantage for the hacker? Except fame, I mean.
Isn't it better to stay quiet, to help ensure long-term access?
gubbrora
on May 24, 2019
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It all depends on the goal right? In this case it seems the goal was to harm the company because they didn't pay ransom. Not to perform long term espionage.
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