Hacker Giraffe SAME_AS Hacker Giraffe
The interview subject identifies himself as Hacker Giraffe, matching the catalogued threat-actor identity.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“Hi. I’m Hacker Giraffe.”
Threat actor
threat_actor:hacker_giraffe
Also: Giraffe
The pseudonymous actor associated in the episode with mass exploitation of exposed printers and Chromecast devices.
The pseudonymous actor associated in the episode with mass exploitation of exposed printers and Chromecast devices.
“Hacker Giraffe’s popularity grew quickly.”
“Him and User had everything ready, the list of 120,000 vulnerable Chromecasts”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Metasploit | Explicit | 31 |
| outgoing | USES | Shodan | Explicit | 31 |
| outgoing | USES | Printer Exploitation Toolkit | Explicit | 31 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | User | Explicit | 31 |
| outgoing | USES | Discord | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | SAME_AS | Hacker Giraffe | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | ATTRIBUTED_TO | printer exploitation incident | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Chromecast exploitation incident | Explicit | 31 |
| incoming | MENTIONS | PewDiePie | Explicit | 31 |
Hacker Giraffe SAME_AS Hacker Giraffe
The interview subject identifies himself as Hacker Giraffe, matching the catalogued threat-actor identity.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“Hi. I’m Hacker Giraffe.”
Hacker Giraffe USES Metasploit
Hacker Giraffe says he used Metasploit to hack into teachers’ machines at his school.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“The school is running Windows XP. Just fire up good old Metasploit”
Hacker Giraffe USES Shodan
Hacker Giraffe says he usually searched Shodan for connected devices and systems to investigate.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“I’m usually lurking around Shodan. It’s the search engine for connected devices.”
Hacker Giraffe USES Printer Exploitation Toolkit
Hacker Giraffe used PRET, the Printer Exploitation Toolkit, to connect to exposed printers and print messages.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“I found PRET, which is the Printer Exploitation Toolkit”
printer exploitation incident ATTRIBUTED_TO Hacker Giraffe
The worldwide printer exploitation incident is presented as Hacker Giraffe’s action.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 31 Details
“Someone Hacked Printers Worldwide Urging People to Subscribe to PewDiePie.”
“This brings us back to The Hacker.”
Hacker Giraffe ASSOCIATED_WITH User
Hacker Giraffe collaborated with User on the later printer and Chromecast operations.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details
“We came together after seeing a few articles came out”
Hacker Giraffe USES Discord
Hacker Giraffe used Discord to coordinate and prepare people for the Chromecast operation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 31 Details
“He got on his Discord chat room and told everyone to get ready.”
Chromecast exploitation incident ATTRIBUTED_TO Hacker Giraffe
The Chromecast exploitation incident is described as an operation conducted by Hacker Giraffe and User.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 31 Details
“Him and User had everything ready, the list of 120,000 vulnerable Chromecasts, the video, the script”
PewDiePie MENTIONS Hacker Giraffe
PewDiePie publicly identified and discussed Hacker Giraffe’s printer operation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · PewDiePie EP 31 Details
“This is made by the Hacker Giraffe.”