A profile of Brian Krebs, who in the past 20 years has probed and outed some of the worst cybercriminals, including the alleged hackers of Snowflake clients
In the increasingly dangerous world of cybercrime, Brian Krebs faces threats, manipulation and the odd chess challenge Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @nixonnixoff@infosec.exchange . X: @eastdakota . LinkedIn: Lance McGrath . Forums: Hacker News Mastodon: BrianKrebs / @briankrebs@infosec.exchange : Thanks to @bobmcmillan for today's excellent piece in The Wall Street Journal on the investigation into the people behind the Snowflake data extortions. Links to original reporting below source. — A special thank you to @nixonnixoff and @austinlarsen, the people involved in this investigation who actually made stuff happen. … Allison Nixon / @nixonnixoff@infosec.exchange : Who wants to be next? — (Waifu arrest footage released by WSJ) — https://www.wsj.com/... X: Matthew Prince / @eastdakota : Fun fact: I tried to hire @briankrebs after he was let go from the Washington Post back in 2010 as @Cloudflare's head of comms. Would have been one of first ten employees. Financially, would have been better for him. But better for the world he did what he did. LinkedIn: Lance McGrath : Cybersecurity journalism is a riskier game than you might think. More like a cyber-spy version of 007, Brian Krebs navigates a high-stakes world … Forums: Hacker News : Brian Krebs Investigates Internet's Most Vicious Hackers-From a Secret Location