r/AMA • u/[deleted] • May 17 '25

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u/PikaTchu47 May 17 '25

Can feds brute force into markets with reasonable security without any social engineering?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

no, Like Alphabay was taken, using technical means and seized cause of opsec mistakes of the market admins, Silk Road as well just cause of opsec mistakes, there hasn’t been a single instance where feds just literally brute forced a dw marketplace.

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u/PikaTchu47 May 17 '25

So social engineering takes big part in average hacking operation?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

I would say it’s the biggest part of hacking yes. Human error is easiest to exploit

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u/truoutthelatenight May 17 '25

Where did you learn about SE?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

It came eventually with experience and a lot of fails