Technique
technique:ip_address_disclosure
Also: homing beacon
Revealing a user’s real IP address through a downloaded script that connected to an external URL.
Revealing a user’s real IP address through a downloaded script that connected to an external URL.
“run a script that would try to connect to a URL and reveal that person’s real IP address”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation Bayonet | Explicit | 24 |
Operation Bayonet INVOLVES IP address disclosure
Authorities distributed a purported backup key that acted as a homing beacon and revealed users' real IP addresses.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 24 Details
“They claimed this file was a backup encryption key ... It ... would reveal that person’s real IP address.”