An aggressive password-spraying campaign targeting Microsoft 365 environments generated more than 81 million login attempts over a two-week period. […]

  • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
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    9 hours ago

    I’m just a regular VPN user but I’m in the US exiting in Switzerland. Usually things that show my location and IP address just show Switzerland and/or “unknown” (if it’s smart enough to say “hey, this is a known VPN endpoint.”

    If that’s the case with me then I imagine it’s the same with any hacker worth anything. I’m positive they’re using VPNs and/or data centers (which look like VPNs anyway). They probably rent some $5 machines then trash them after some time, so tracking IP addresses isn’t really worth it.