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South Korean ISP Targeted Torrenting Customers With Malware
(thecyberexpress.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2024
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How? Torrents are checksumed by design.
Skimming the article, it appears they attacked a particular client that is popular in Korea.
Mitm a website and inject browser exploits? Scanning IP addresses they see downloading? A news article leaving out the vital parts is nothing new though m
Maybe they were just targeting with no actual action. Like they had their sights set on their cardboard tank.
They infected peoples computers with malware