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Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at how the FBI and numerous partners took down the Turla group, owners and operators of Russia's Snake malware that's been in operation for over 20 years. With one small human error that agencies were able to capitalize on, the FBI took down one of the most elite toolkits on the planet. What was the human error? Let's find out! Thanks for watching!
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[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

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[@kazi1]

Hi

[@kaiduwu]

No!!!!!!!!

[@subscr1be]

hi

[@dsihacks]

mutabutajutahutarutakudashutahar

[@sharp7079]

Hello

[@NiskaMagnusson]

I can't believe they arrested the entire counter strike community

[@Konyyaan]

😂

[@ejumper_09]

LMAOOOO

[@Razer5542]

Lol

[@rebel4466]

Just for rushy A... sad

[@OG_McLovin]

10 outta 10 smartass comment

[@mwoodall13]

Crazy the amount of effort Russian hackers will go thru when members of the national guard will leak that shit on discord for free during an argument

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

😔

[@ejumper_09]

Arguments are fkn scary now because who knows when some basement dweller with greasy hair is gonna pull your IP address for saying "kys"

[@eldenking2098]

The evidence of Hunter Bidens Crack smoking and Russian hookers are already on the web. Joe Biden and Ashley Bidens diary where ashley confirms Biden performed Incest on her in the shower, ironically the FBI verified her diary and they still don't do shit. they love pedophiles, I wonder why?

[@sebastiank1714]

Or the secretary of State puts it on an unencrypted private server... Or the other dude has his crackheads sons wifu put the cardboard boxes in his garage.

[@Micchi-]

On a Minecraft server no less

[@SpringDavid]

"criminals need to be lucky many times, you just need to be lucky once." is such a badass line

[@nicknevco215]

could be read another way

[@WizardBarry]

the original quote is from?

[@graye2799]

Eh, depends on the case and how good the criminal is.

[@kurojorm5301]

@@WizardBarry Can't give you an original source but it was used several times shortly after 9/11. I seem to recall hearing it the first time shortly after the first trade center bombing, but I could just be getting old.

[@WizardBarry]

@@kurojorm5301the IRA said it to thatcher

[@b.a.schultz]

The FBI missed a huge opportunity to codename their operation, "SNAKE EATER".

[@chavaspada]

Perseus killed Medusa, but the MGS reference would've been cool

[@Nina-cd2eh]

That'd be cool, but I don't think the game had been released yet.

[@LetSupCarryYou]

Mangoose

[@mopioline65]

imagine if they called it Operation: "Weapon to Surpass Metal Gear" 😂

[@Humster]

FBI agents involved.. Soildus Snake Big Boss Liquid Snake

[@bigfatnuts699]

The Perseus name is actually pretty clever. Perseus cut Medusa's head off and she had live snakes as hair.

[@Mikest2]

I thought maybe he was trolling us with that by referencing only a video game. Or maybe he's not big on Greek Mythology

[@adultdeleted]

​@@Mikest2 lol yeah maybe it's for the comment interactions 😉

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@nicodimus2222]

Clever? It's the most anti-snake name I can think of other than 'Mongoose.' It's right on the nose.

[@keymad4]

@@Mikest2 persius cut Medusas head off in the film Clash Of The Titons.

[@SnackPack913]

I wonder if I could get a job at the FBI to just come up with all these ridiculous operation names

[@HoloScope]

I believe they have a codename generator tool

[@vyros.3234]

What is bros mom doing to need to be spied on

[@bitten2up]

​@Content_enjoyer operation: sinabob

[@fbislif3]

​@Content_enjoyer if you need to spy on ur mom she probably up to no good

[@HoloScope]

@Content_enjoyer You literally have no idea what you’re talking about

[@mopioline65]

What's crazy is the FSB leaked the source code out in to the wild before the takedown. We got security bulletins late last week and everybody has been in scramble mode patching systems ever since.

[@alexanderrossbach3694]

russia really is just a failed mafia state

[@BozesanVlad]

@alfa8fake2 and 3

[@AkaSora96]

@alfa8fake2 not necessarily they probably leaked it to cause chaos because they couldn't use it anymore

[@sinsiliuxs120]

Not surprising that muta conveniently forgot to mention this detail lol

[@mopioline65]

@@sinsiliuxs120 if you’re not watching for it and in that circle, you wouldn’t know. Not that crazy tbh.

[@jsc315]

Just goes to show that sometimes you need to have patience when catching these criminals. The FBI sure was playing the long game here.

[@FTCRW]

"Criminals" Every powerful enough country spies on other countries wth u're on about lil bro

[@titanjakob1056]

Better to play long and patient than rush and hope

[@lapetusX]

Aye but when they are committing crimes then arresting people for commiting the same crimes it gets a bit ironic at times

[@psychopompous3207]

​@@lapetusX It's called fighting fire with fire. I am happy when my country wins, regardless of how it does it.

[@rajairfan2768]

@@psychopompous3207 not all Americans are terrorist but most terrorist are Americans or at least supported by them. Just look at alqaedah, mujahedeen, etc. Thank god, US is going to get hyper inflation

[@StainlessPot]

I want to believe that they called an infiltration malware "snake" as a reference

[@nicknevco215]

I want it to be metalgear

[@WizardBarry]

@@nicknevco215 SNAKE

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

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[@recklart8592]

Which would it be though? Solid, liquid, solidus, or naked?

[@WizardBarry]

@@recklart8592Trouser

[@chickenmonger123]

19:00 That’s called, “Credit where credit is due.” The three letter agencies are supposed to do this. When a system performs as it should, that is called good. Good job FBI.

[@FlareStorms]

rare FBI W

[@jebril]

​@@FlareStorms common IMO

[@ProGamer-yn6sg]

@@jebril very rare

[@FlareStorms]

@@jebril agree to disagree

[@vanessamccool7972]

‘Jugglers and singers require applause.’ That Tywin Lannister sentiment

[@EricVieira1979]

Cyber war is damn entertaining for some reason

[@ejumper_09]

Ikr

[@ricksanchez1079]

You wouldn't download a car would you? *Core memory unlocked*

[@konradcurze8176]

Both sides are equally evil so it has much more of a sporting feel to it

[@ejumper_09]

@@konradcurze8176 "Who can pull who's IP address first? Lets find out after this commercial break."

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

Break out the cyber decks boys!!! No!!! D E C K S!!!

[@adoringfan1226]

When you decide to use a random Metal Gear callsign and wake up to the FBI raiding your house the next day

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@Random_dud31]

17:54 I think the name for the program was called Perseus was because of installer was called Snake. Perseus was the one who killed Medusa, a woman who was cursed to have snakes for hair

[@drakesnake330]

I apricate you for this point.,

[@Gwynsladle]

What a poggers lmao

[@ConnorM2007]

@Content_enjoyer yeah Perseus was from cold war

[@DR_REDACTED]

That's mutch more likely lul

[@cicatrace]

Yup, basically ''snake killer'' but with a mythological character

[@iraqifoodcart8447]

Snake was also one of the greatest mobile games ever made when cell phones first started becoming smaller than the original brick-sized cell phone

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

where's that pfp from-

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@nonzerovolta2541]

​@@reptiliannoizezz.413 Meatcanyon, his ben 10 video.

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

@@nonzerovolta2541 Yeah, figures...

[@iraqifoodcart8447]

@@nonzerovolta2541 That's right, Ben.

[@chaserseven2886]

Lol Russia isn't having the best decade are they?

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

The current political, economic, social, and demographic situation in Russia is basically the "this is fine"-meme.

[@Noblyuntruthful]

Not according to western propaganda and their useful idiots 😂

[@AkaSora96]

they are having a bad time lately for sure

[@LancesArmorStriking]

Anything is better than the 1990s

[@nameredacted7622]

Decade? That area of the world hasn't had a good year since it was conquered by the Mongols. It's like the middle east, an eternal shit hole that perpetuates a cycle of suffering that would make our ancestors ashamed of starting civilization in the first place.

[@ejumper_09]

It's crazy how people like this can operate and do these bad things for so long and then make one programming mistake and get in serious trouble.

[@aydenreeves1666]

Man the video came out 6 minutes ago watch the whole fken thing

[@HowsYourFaceFeel]

or the fbi be lyinnngggg

[@Mustachioed_Mollusk]

@@HowsYourFaceFeelbig if true, otherwise it’s schizophrenia lol

[@abodieqwerty4678]

​@@aydenreeves1666 gotta comment asap for those sweet brownie points

[@crowbrocaw]

Cringe commenter so downvoted

[@larrygall5831]

A 50 year old programming language still so powerful all these years later show what genius this language really was.

[@mc-not_escher]

Ubiquity doesn’t imply actual effectiveness. It’s only the bootstraps to the goal. People are still idiots and will shatter the “perfection” as soon as they are able to. Saying that a given language is genius is like saying that a certain tool can literally do anything without much thought or effort.

[@aspockworkorange]

@@mc-not_escher “well actually…”🤓

[@GlitchedBlox]

C is the most disgusting language in the world, Lua supremacy!

[@JukaDominator]

@@mc-not_escher 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@SagaTF2]

@@mc-not_escher bro ima keep it real youre talking in fuckin wingdings

[@MysticDreamCatcher.]

uhhh muta. that 7 day free trial took money from me

[@MysticDreamCatcher.]

: Updated. They Tried to charge me twice. im getting this off my chrome, now

[@ruz6495]

​@Mystic Dream Catcher yes lots of people have the same problem. They're prob scammers

[@RandoTheFandango]

Muta: I don't like antivirus... I think its stupid. Also Muta: Todays video is brought to you by Guardio.

[@Guardiosecurity]

Guardio is a browser-based security program that offers a different approach compared to traditional antivirus software. It focuses on protecting your browser in real-time, using machine learning to identify and block threats. Unlike traditional antivirus programs that can only remove threats once they are already on your device, and could have already caused harm.

[@itookaonabookanyway7385]

@@Guardiosecurity can you address why your webpage has a timer that restarts when a user clears their local storage for sales purposes? seems kinda sketchy don't you think?

[@RandoTheFandango]

@@GuardiosecurityThats good n' all. But its still kind of against what Muta preaches.

[@Guardiosecurity]

​@@itookaonabookanyway7385 Removed it :) Coupons for our KZbin partners community are not limited by time.

[@Guardiosecurity]

@@RandoTheFandango many of the topics covered on the channel were topics we researched; our goal is to be one step ahead of scammers and believe that's what any KZbinr wants for his community, to keep you and your families safe.

[@osier769]

Nice, for once an Australian government agency didn't help facilitate hacking through sheer negligence and actually did something proactive, surely they won't keep this up for long. 😏

[@Freshbott2]

It was a fluke

[@eternalgamers10]

A dead clock is right twice a day.

[@creatureoflegend2635]

Persius was probably a reference to Greek Perseus “hero” who killed Medusa (head of snakes)

[@stoiconthastix]

Props to Muta for highlighting the good and bad going on. Massive w for the FBI. The war is never over.

[@TristynRusselo]

couple years back, i happened to check my windows logs. there was Russian and Chinese servers trying to brute force my RDP. I change my RDP port manually now.

[@luckyKon]

I appreciate the variance of content from shitting on the AAA gaming industry to serious matters of cybersecurity and the passion for which you deliver it. Thanks for the informative entertainment per usual.

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@kyleshuler2929]

Seems like something they sat on until they needed a win in the media lmao

[@seregagerassimov4864]

Yeah, exactly.

[@OG_McLovin]

Once the FBI wiggled and the hackers wiggled back, it was all over. Thanks for the update and translation, Muta muta.

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

Thanks Mutahar and thanks Guardio for protecting my buttcheeks from malicious cyberattacks, much love

[@Monius13]

I appreciate you bringing positive stories like this to us. And you're always very descriptive, making it more easy to understand for people unfamiliar with the subject. Thank you for the vid! :)

[@jimbobbigknob2718]

I genuinely trust no one more for computers, computer safety and news than mutahar, bro is actually a wizard

[@vortolex]

That is true even no need for words. Just by a glance everything is possible just by a keystroke.

[@shinyrayquaza9]

mentaloutlaw is good too

[@connersalmon9167]

The way Mutah proverbially described how the virus works reminded me of drug smugglers putting drugs in cargo containers full of legal/legitimate products. Thanks for the break down!

[@BaskBall2]

I find it so funny and fitting that the FBI used Perseus to combat Medusa, this is some cartoon level rivalry when it comes to naming these programs lol

[@soupatos483]

Pretty funny that this comes out right after the Durham report to put the FBI in a good light.

[@someonestoenail5807]

20 years is insanely long holy shit. Kudos to them.

[@anngelsinner6887]

Epic gamer move by FBI.

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@thishandleistacken]

For those wondering about the occult symbol it's from Bohme and isn't racist or anything like that: It's an Esoteric Christian symbol with no racist connotations what so ever. Not everything with 4 lines around, is spiritual and has the German language is fascist. There are fascist versions of Esoteric Christianity, that is not one of them. I was in the OTO (left in part because there was a far-right coup orchestrated of The Order by Trump-fanatic James Wasserman) for over a decade and have many Mason friends though kinda left that world to focus on my own thing. The image looks like the kind of thing that was floating around Germany during the Theosophical movement and Hermetic/Mystery School revivals so I took 5 minutes and yep it's Boehme. Google image search "boehme art occult" you'll find it. Anyone who thought it was racist was kinda being racist themselves presuming that something esoteric and German = evil white suprem stuff without even trying to look into it. The guy lived 1575 - 17 November 1624. It has nothing to do with evil Moustache man, a man who Putin has 99.99999% more in common with than Boehme. Description of the piece: "The illustrations to Boehme’s Aurora are a particularly fine example of the early theosophical tradition [heh I guessed right]. Boehme was a German shoemaker and mystic who one day while contemplating upon the exquisite beauty of a beam of sunlight reflected in a pewter dish fell. Boehme into a visionary state which he believed revealed the spiritual structure of the universe."

[@ArDeeMee]

Thanks for that. =)

[@TheChristenberry]

When Muta said this started 20 years ago, i was like ok, so like 1995? nah, i feel old now

[@robdee81]

Perseus isnt a COD reference muta lol Perseus killed medussa the snake haired monster by using a reflective shield to avoid her gaze which would turn you to stone..

[@UnderTheBar]

I love how media went insane over a balloon and meanwhile Russia had been eating for 20 years

[@AStrangerOnTheInternet]

I'm gonna have to download this right now before you take the video down again.

[@JazzSicaa]

Reupload for us later

[@ruz6495]

How do you do that?

[@sfirlaki]

Pressing X for doubt. Not that they didn't take them down, but that it's going to even make a difference. Maybe temporarily lol

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

The important thing is that we're not focusing on lying to obtain FISA warrants.

[@AtomicSubatonic1566]

It's always time to watch Mutahar when a new video pops up.

[@boosyaa]

truth.

[@Saturnalia1337]

It’s always time to make an NPC comment when a new video pops up.

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@dylives7667]

The thing about hackers is that, they're just like Hydras. You chop one of their heads, and other 2 take it's place.

[@EinfaII]

Did he get the irony in having the fbi naming their counter hack "Perseus" and the Russian hack being called "Medusa" because he just went straight to COD.

[@swagmuffin9000]

Conspiracy to commit computer intrusion sounds like what tech companies are already doing

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

*FBI takes down Snake* FSB: Snake, are you OK? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAAAKE!

[@DarkstarArchangel]

The FBI doing something good against hackers and to sponsor Guardio on the same video, the perfect appropriate combo.

[@MrJC1]

I used to play Snake a lot on my old phone. Just thought it was a silly little game to pass time on the bus, didn't realise it was so dangerous.

[@evillecaston]

The FBI gaming division has made some impressive strides lately. I wonder if Muta helped out, seeing as though he has his white hacker hat on...

[@mavericks.9638]

who?

[@quite1enough]

Hi there from Russia, Saint Petersburg! Massive W from glowie guys ^^

[@osmanli2425]

You know your day is gonna get better when Mutahar uploads

[@DaisyAjay]

I dunno, that kitten blender video probably didn't spark joy for a lot of people. I noped out of watching that one.

[@yikes6969]

Gonna get that gold for the gymnastics you're doing on it

[@FigmentForever]

Is it really? Sounds like The FBI came at ya boys

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@deejay1040]

Thanks muda. Excellent reporting as always!

[@MINNISOTA420]

I don't always agree with the FBI but I think they earned themselves a pizza party this one time.

[@someguyfromtheinternet5102]

Finna pizza bomb Quantico and huntsville for this.

[@HyperLethalNova]

They put the “in” in incompetence.

[@Vaultboythefightingmachine]

🎵🎶SHITTING ON THE WALLS OF A PALESTINIAN HOUSE, I FINALLY FOUND MY CALLING, BURNING HARRY POTTER BOOKS IS FUN!!!🎵🎶

[@OfficerHotpants]

So at a time when the FBI is under some of the most intense scrutiny its ever been under for a combination of total corruption and total ineptitude, we suddenly receive word from their business partners that actually they're super competent heroes who just did the good thing. Man. If I were a crazy person I might draw a line between those two points somehow. Especially given how many times they've been caught sitting on these exact kinds of things for years until they needed them.

[@ManiacX1999]

Bro, go outside and earn a thing or two, I know it's borderline fetishistic to dog on every government agency like Dale Gribble, but they also serve a purpose. And they accomplished it, at least, now they decide to publicly acknowledge one of their success stories. You don't hear about what they're doing in the dark, that includes good shit too, if you hate the gov'ment so much, go off the grid then and join the Amish.

[@MartiensBezuidenhout]

"If I were a crazy person I might draw a line between"... Interesting way of putting it.

[@JukaDominator]

When is the FBI NOT under scrutiny over some scandal? It's nice to see them actually doing their job for once, lighten up.

[@GeorgesVTV]

Judging by some of the names of these viruses somebody in the Russian military must be a pretty big fan of the metal gear solid franchise

[@desperado3236]

Ok its good you mentioned it muta cuz without arrests or personally shutting them down somehow, there is nothing to stop them from just starting over again with a different method. Its pretty cat and mouse game. Its definitely a win for for us and a setback for them, since this particular method was dismantled but in the end (unless im not understanding something) its still just a setback.

[@Iminyowalls]

I love the evolution here: OUROBOROS -> Medusa -> sneak

[@denysopalenyk4775]

"Kaspersky kept the updated list... But because of how sophisticated it was, it wasn't really picked up" Muta, wake up. Kaspersky is a Russian company that is closely tied to the government itself. Their personnel are mostly Russians (including foreign departments), their HQ is in Mocow. It's either ran directly by ФСБ or they could just show up like "I know where you and your family lives. Now scrape all of data on the Snake and tell everybody that the virus is too hard for you to track"

[@----__-----]

Their headquarters is no longer in Russia, and they now operate outside of Russia. They are an individual security company that has nothing to do with the Russian government and they've been audited many times. Yes the company was registered in Russia. Yes their headquarters was there for many years. That does not mean they are malicious actors working for the government. I could say the same for any American AV product. Oh, the NSA must have a backdoor in it right? I wish people would take off their tin foil hats sometimes.

[@paulflorence8492]

Total badass in this video right here. Keep up the fight and from the US, proud to be singing "Oh Canada" in appreciation of your efforts.

[@Retrocidal]

Pretty sure they can just set up a new one before this video comes out 😂

[@nicknevco215]

next up SOLIDsnake

[@kittl29fujam1]

Loved the Uplink background gameplay. I LOVED that game when it came out.

[@oldsmar_chaos]

thank you.. i was watching going.,. what is that.. i know it... thanks

[@clipcrew8557]

Muta needs to be on dark net diaries with this in-depth review of Turla

[@yeolemillinial8295]

its hard to imagine this coming out on a blunder like this after 20 years and it NOT being intentionally done. if my hunch is right they have a much better toolkit and give zero fucks about snake now.

[@austinanderson4036]

Damn when the video started at 1:43 I thought you were wearing a durag lol

[@SilverBricks17]

I wonder how many trillions went into funding this for 20 years

[@coryyoung7544]

The us cyber defense budget $1.8 billion in 2003 to $12.7 billion 2023. (Per year) So about $210 billion but that's not directly only going after this. Or about 1/4 of the yearly defense budget.

[@eyesofthecervino3366]

Probably not trillions.

[@MsVixenChan]

I know its uroboros as that snake eating itself most likely but I just keep thinking resident evil lmao

[@BINX-RR]

What’s scary to think about is AI malware, with proper training it will be able to camouflage itself and even adapt to anti malware. At that point anti malware will just be hit squads with Thermite grenades and M4s

[@Bomkz]

I don't think you understand how AI works.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

@@Bomkz Could you elaborate?

[@Bomkz]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t I used to actually think AI would change the world for the good, but studying it a bit more, it made me realize this shit is nothing more than monkey see monkey do. Current ML techniques are done in a way where the "AI" will only do things it's trained on. Basically, it will be no better than a human is. If they train an AI on outdated code, then it will spit out outdated code. Further more, if they train an AI on buggy, which is 100% a given.... then it will spit out buggy code. which is a big no no when it comes to blackhat hacking. a single bug could take down your entire operation. "just hire ppl to bug check the code" Well congrats, you just let go a bunch of lesser paid people and hired more expensive engineers who know how to read code not written by them, and more importantly, how to look for bugs in that code. I've thought about making thousands of github repos containing code deliberately riddled with vulnerabilities just to prove that right, but I don't think I will. if somebody did though, I assure it will happen. Stay away from any company or thing that claims uses AI for software development in any sort of way

[@spicy.d]

These are my favorite SOG videos, so interesting. Thanks Muta!

[@Bizza12345]

it would be great if you could post links to the government documents in the description so we can read them easily.

[@shadowtrell9961]

The FBI may have caught Snake, but they'll never be able to find Metal Gear.

[@cyphaborg6598]

If it took 20 years to discover you already have the human error.

[@tybes99]

Something special about muta saying "big ups the FBI". My man's been watching top boy.

[@youdontneedmyrealname]

Imagine the Russian team being FBI plants... imagine 👀

[@MayoTF2]

But then those FBI plants are also russian plants

[@Bayofthe91st]

And thats how we get another Mission Impossible movie

[@Zaque-TV]

Suspicious fry is accurate. LMAO

[@ironpulcinella3586]

Boi now that's spicy!!

[@nicknevco215]

@@Bayofthe91st as long as we have a writer strike

[@sonofdevil666]

I skiped by reflex but then realised you rarely have ads on your videos, watched the entire thing while writing this comm.

[@Xiellion]

really dont understand how governments haven't developed their own OS for gov devices, completely proprietary and not "x-like" kernel, a full on new OS

[@ArDeeMee]

Because they are lazy. I‘m sure the IT guys would be very interested, but no one gives a F about them. So, off the rack products it is… Literally a homebrewed Linux system, that’s all it takes.

[@xbinxpurp6118]

Because they would have to do everything from scratch from things invented over 30 years ago, not only that to make it compatible with the rest of businesssoftwsre and hardware choices throughout the world. It would still be using existing protocols and all in all in the end it will always be cat and mouse regardless of a new system in place or not. Someone is bound to leak information etc. it’s inevitable. I used to love tech but now I hate it.

[@dix0n778]

Muta you are so humble, you are the mastermind that got the info to the G Men, they only had to cross correlate to confirm your findings.

[@ItsAZues]

Despite all the stupid and terrible things the FBI has done, this was a good W.

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

That just happens to be getting publicity after the release of the Durham report. That's probably not a coincidence.

[@gunman598]

@@factandsuspicionpodcast2727 what’s that

[@SeasoningTheObese]

@@gunman598 It's the report Durham's been working on against the American government to prove they're basically all traitors, and that every alphabet agency was working for Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump. On one hand, they obviously were, they even said it. On the other hand, Durham is like 0 for 3 in court, and has been a monumental waste of time. It's Q-tard copium, basically.

[@staticex9228]

​@@gunman598 please look it up yourself

[@gunman598]

I don’t want to get put on a watchlist

[@OGPimpin]

I HIGHLY doubt they were able to find their most elite hackers. Maybe some mid level hackers there, but not their top dogs.

[@anotherguy9402]

The only reason they did this is because of Ukraine. I'll bet they don't pursue most hacks because the damage is minimal and they don't want those hackers coming up with better software.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Pretty much they took down a small tool.....there's more

[@elsombero1747]

Well, those are some good news. Also, I'm glad that the new hospital that they build many months ago (in Germany), contracted the company where I used to work at, to setup their entire IT network and portable systems. I and 4 of my co workers did install Red Hat Enterpise OS's on their servers and Ubuntu LTS on the Laptops/PC's so that it's just so much harder to infect those systems with all the nasty malware that was made for Windows and also I personally did replace sudo with doas since sudo is just bloated as af. It's also funny that 1 month before they opened this hospital, I managed to find a 2 room apartment for my gandma and she got a job there as a nurse and is still working there to this day. You know, the most common mistake that I see in German hospitals, is the fact that they use Windows 10/11 and Windows Server. It's just a easy target to just drop a couple of flash drives or infect the workers devices which they connect to the systems and bypass the UAC. I mean, didn't they learned from their mistakes with Locky, Petya etc.? Something like Windows doesn't belong in a infrastructure where they read the insurance cards and handle sensitive data. Same goes for German military, where my friend is working at and they still use Windows 7 on their damn laptops. All of the stuff they do on them, according to his intel, could be done with Manjaro and WINE or at least Manajro and a Windows KVM with some sort of shortcut on the Manjaro desktop which makes it easier for the newbies to launch the KVM and roll back the state of the KVM to the point, before some infection

[@CygnusOrb]

Knowing how the FBI operates 70% of the hacker crew was FBI.

[@m.r.h5644]

Fun fact: Turla had massive attack on Estonia once which was repelled in just 30 minutes

[@Lazy_berry]

It's like the Enigma machine of our time basically

[@kylemcgee769]

Gotta love those blurred recordings of Uplink in the background.

[@orenalbertmeisel3127]

Source: - CIA - journalists on the CIA payroll - trust me bro

[@adamjohnson5062]

In Greek mythology Perseus was the mortal hero who slew Medusa. Medusa was the snake haired maiden who turned men to stone. I think this anti malware being called Perseus was a reference to them creating an anti malware program that would slay the snake/Medusa!

[@Name..........]

Medusa was literally a tragic story of a madien who was raped by a God later the sane God turned her hair into snake

[@adamjohnson5062]

@@Name.......... your technically right, but i couldnt fit the entire myth into a comment! for those that dont know ill give ya the cliff notes version! Medusa used to be a beautiful maiden. she was desired and envied by many. one day Zeus (king of the gods and horny playboy) decides he wanted to have sex with Medusa. He tricked her in some way (dont remember how) and had his way with her. (at this point ive heard two different versions of the story and not sure which is which) 1st version: Hera (queen of the gods and Zeus wife) gets insanely jealous (as the gods in these myths do) and curses her to the hideous snake woman (gorgon) that we all know. 2nd version: after having sex with Zeus, Medusa would go around claiming that she was so beautiful that even Zeus wanted to be with her and started claiming that she was more beautiful than Aphrodite (the goddess of love and beauty)! so being the jealous gods they are, Aphrodite cursed the once beautiful Medusa to being the most ugly creature out there and made it so no man would ever desire to look at her again because if they did they would turn to stone! (a curse to not only make you ugly but to make it so you are alone and have no physical contact with anyone for the rest of eternity is a bit harsh) see this is why i didnt put the whole myth in my original comment! anyway hope any of you reading this enjoy my quick recap of the myth of Medusa and thanks for reading!

[@user-qt2bm2ke8d]

@@Name.......... No, that was Roman fanfiction because 'hellenes bad, roman good'.

[@kovaxim]

So far I don't think I have seen an SOG video and disliked it, mostly because Muda is an entertaining guy who knows his stuff and actually cares about people's safety on the internet I thought the FBI doing this had to have been like a few years in the making, but to solve it after 20 years? Damn, that's exactly as Muda says, champagne bottles have got to have been opened.

[@goofyaah3761]

The guardio ad is the most edited Muta video I've seen 💀

[@jayplay8140]

The bad guys took down other different bad guys ...

[@I_hate_you_8--D]

There's good guys?

[@jayplay8140]

@@I_hate_you_8--D you and I , but only us

[@raikiida]

Keep doing good work Muda, always love when you drop anew video.

[@dsouthmonster]

Clicked on this video so fast Sonic said "HEY CALM DOWN"

[@roguereaper2332]

Haha yeah same

[@Hoobastank13]

Lmao the vid was posted 1 min after your comment wtf

[@adultdeleted]

muta, "perseus" refers to the greek hero that slayed the gorgon medusa, who had snakes for hair. not a CoD reference. (im a mythology nerd.)

[@robertallan8035]

Excellent. God bless the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

[@HowsYourFaceFeel]

no

[@ejumper_09]

i wouldn't say "god bless" they can be incompetent sometimes

[@SkylarTrahan]

@@ejumper_09 sometimes? You mean all the time

[@belivuk2526]

You might want to remove their malware, spyware and viruses from your devices before saying that though

[@ejumper_09]

@@belivuk2526 lmao

[@Megabean]

It terrifies me that this stuff exists. I used to feel safe on my Mac, not cuz virus's don't exist on MacOS, I always felt as though MacOS exploits relied on user error like Torrenting and allowing unrecognised scripts/apps to have access to root. I was pretty nieve even as a computer technician who has to deal with infected systems all day.

[@Meow_Zedong]

The FSB should be embarrassed they were caught with their pants down while their snake was injecting a payload.

[@phibu7517]

doesn't matter, had cekc

[@Rofel_Wodring]

Perseus is the guy that killed the Medusa in greek mythology. I would think that's the reference they went for and not CoD lol

[@Tilb0]

This is interesting

[@seraslain962]

Uplink gameplay in the background is a nice touch~

[@feelincrispy7053]

This was longest winded video I’ve ever seen muta make. Everything could have been said in about 3 minutes. It’s almost like he’s becoming Charlie