Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agoNorth Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true locationwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10cross-posted to: cybersecurity@infosec.pubcybersecurity@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up183arrow-down1external-linkNorth Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true locationwww.tomshardware.comChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity@infosec.pubcybersecurity@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldworld@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoThe system time on computers is typically off by a couple seconds. I can understand how the server could measure the latency by pinging the computer, but that doesn’t involve keystrokes at all.
minus-squareGucci_Minh [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agoYeah it could just be an incorrect description of how the program actually works. Or they’re just making shit up to obfuscate how they actually did it.
The system time on computers is typically off by a couple seconds.
I can understand how the server could measure the latency by pinging the computer, but that doesn’t involve keystrokes at all.
Yeah it could just be an incorrect description of how the program actually works. Or they’re just making shit up to obfuscate how they actually did it.