[Cryptography] Updates on Durov charges in France

[efc at disroot.org]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2024, Peter Gutmann wrote:

> efc--- via cryptography <cryptography at metzdowd.com> writes:
>
>> This is a weakness that I think is underaprpeciated. I mean the fact that
>> many projects have a small core of programmers, who are know. In order to "
>> break" the system, you can approach and kidnap members of the family of the
>> programmers, or one programmer, and have him add bugs to the project.
>
> That's an incredibly high-profile, visible attack, and kidnapping as a crime
> is about... many orders of magnitude more pursuable and punishable by law
> enforcement than changing a line or two of code in someone's project.
>
> I would put this one in the movie-plot-attack category.
>
> Peter.

https://www.businessinsider.com/crypto-nft-owners-targeted-kidnaps-home-invasions-robberies-2022-2?op=1

When the return on investment is high, high-profile attacks are not 
unheard of.

Also, infiltrating open source projects for years, is not high-profile.