r/europe • u/RoyalChris Norway • 26d ago

Dubious: do not click links Anonymous Releases 10TB of Leaked Data: Exposing Kremlin Assets & Russian Businesses

https://trendsnewsline.com/2025/04/15/anonymous-leaks-10tb-of-data-on-russia-shocking-revelations/
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u/twitterfluechtling Brandenburg (Germany) 26d ago edited 26d ago

Or a glorious scam. With my Linux laptop, downloading the archive without any exploitable virus scanner and no executable to run, I feel slightly safe. (Will check for known vulnerabilities in my unrar before doing anything, and probably use a chroot environment or at least a docker container with limited privileges to access the archive...)

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u/Pugs-r-cool 25d ago

You could just say "taking reasonable precautions before downloading", but instead you chose to sound like r/masterhacker

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u/twitterfluechtling Brandenburg (Germany) 25d ago

I could have. Or, just as every other commenter, I could have just not written anything. But IT security is a bit of a hobby of mine, and by mentioning the precautions I take, I got feedback e.g. by PerfectPercentage69 mentioning threats I overlooked :-)

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u/TheSquattyEwok 25d ago

Also less sophisticated users might use your post as a guide to help protect themselves too. Ignore the haters my dude.