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How Much Money Do You Have Saved?

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Original post by Reue
The tax man doesn't need to doxx anyone from a public forum to investigate tax evasion.

Hmmmm but hackers and unfriendly ppl doxx
In the 6 figure bracket saved plus other investments
And nearly mortgaged free to.
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Original post by ebam_uk
Hmmmm but hackers and unfriendly ppl doxx

So....

The hacker finds users of TSR with wealth they are interested in

The hacker then hacks TSR and gets my public facing IP address

Then what...?

I work in IT and I'm confused what the attack vector could be.

My post is a greater risk.
Original post by Quady
So....

The hacker finds users of TSR with wealth they are interested in

The hacker then hacks TSR and gets my public facing IP address

Then what...?

I work in IT and I'm confused what the attack vector could be.

My post is a greater risk.

Tbh, im not a hacking specialist (or even involved in the hacking space), but would they be able to packet sniff your IP and somehow inject a zero day exploit? ( ive heard exotic stories in the crypto space), but i think most hacks are due to data breaches and malware on pc that somehow comes and can monitor every key stroke and they can see your screen so getting passwords to sensitive accounts...

A lot of hacking is due to social engineering as well, like use a honeypot and entice people.... like sign up to my website and get something free (but I want to kyc you , full address and postcode and secret questions.... www.randomfreebie dot com....)
Reply 24
Original post by ebam_uk
im not a hacking specialist


That much is apparent. Most of what you said made no sense. I suspect we are safe from the NK Hackers.
Reply 25
Original post by ebam_uk
Tbh, im not a hacking specialist (or even involved in the hacking space), but would they be able to packet sniff your IP and somehow inject a zero day exploit? ( ive heard exotic stories in the crypto space), but i think most hacks are due to data breaches and malware on pc that somehow comes and can monitor every key stroke and they can see your screen so getting passwords to sensitive accounts...

A lot of hacking is due to social engineering as well, like use a honeypot and entice people.... like sign up to my website and get something free (but I want to kyc you , full address and postcode and secret questions.... www.randomfreebie dot com....)

If they got a packet sniffer onto my device they'd have already needed to made use of a zero day exploit, or tricked me to install an unsigned akp file, neither seem especially likely.

Not sure what watching the packet traffic would give them. Perhaps they'd see I bank with HSBC and target phishing attacks at me based on that?

Or they'd what, wait on me to log into my online banking then take over the session? Hoping to transfer money before I shut down the device...?

Like you say, social engineering is where the weak point is.. surprised I've not had a DM from a hostile foreign actor already.

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