alt Hacker NewsSo apparently some CCC-connected hackers already unmasked one of them years ago (as reported in the update, which could have also just linked to the talk here: https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12134-hirne_hacken_hackback_edit... )
Makes you wonder if the investigators discovered this independently, or decided to maybe ask the hackers already involved in defending against them for help...
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Pfeil • today at 10:07 AM
Linus Neumann himself was also wondering in this recent german podcast episode why this is happening now. https://logbuch-netzpolitik.de/lnp550-wes-brot-ich-ess-des-l...
Apparently they had not been contacted.
I'm not deep into the topic, but AFAIK there generally isn't a warm connection between the CCC and the BND in Germany (in the recent years mostly due to the BNDs involvement ins spying on German citizens, but I think there is also deeper history there). If a hacker collaborates with the BND they do run a risk of many of their peers not wanting to collaborate with them anymore.