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posted by hubie on Monday June 20 2022, @06:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the Mark-Zuckerberg,-M.D. dept.

Experts say some hospitals' use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information :

A tracking tool installed on many hospitals' websites has been collecting patients' sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions, prescriptions, and doctor's appointments—and sending it to Facebook. The Markup tested the websites of Newsweek's top 100 hospitals in America. On 33 of them we found the tracker, called the Meta Pixel, sending Facebook a packet of data whenever a person clicked a button to schedule a doctor's appointment. The data is connected to an IP address—an identifier that's like a computer's mailing address and can generally be linked to a specific individual or household—creating an intimate receipt of the appointment request for Facebook.

[...] The Meta Pixel sends information to Facebook via scripts running in a person's internet browser, so each data packet comes labeled with an IP address that can be used in combination with other data to identify an individual or household.

HIPAA lists IP addresses as one of the 18 identifiers that, when linked to information about a person's health conditions, care, or payment, can qualify the data as protected health information. Unlike anonymized or aggregate health data, hospitals can't share protected health information with third parties except under the strict terms of business associate agreements that restrict how the data can be used.

In addition, if a patient is logged in to Facebook when they visit a hospital's website where a Meta Pixel is installed, some browsers will attach third-party cookies—another tracking mechanism—that allow Meta to link pixel data to specific Facebook accounts.

[...] Houston Methodist Hospital, in Texas, was the only institution to provide detailed responses to The Markup's questions. The hospital began using the pixel in 2017, spokesperson Stefanie Asin wrote, and is "confident" in Facebook's safeguards and that the data being shared isn't protected health information.

[...] Asin added that Houston Methodist believes Facebook "uses tools to detect and reject any health information, providing a barrier that prevents passage of [protected health information]."

[...] "The evil genius of Facebook's system is they create this little piece of code that does the snooping for them and then they just put it out into the universe and Facebook can try to claim plausible deniability," said Alan Butler, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "The fact that this is out there in the wild on the websites of hospitals is evidence of how broken the rules are."


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Meta Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Collecting Patient Health Data Without Consent 11 comments

Facebook may have violated patient privacy laws:

Meta may have scooped up sensitive medical information without consent. The Verge reports that two proposed class-action lawsuits accuse the company and hospitals of violating HIPAA, the California Invasion of Privacy Act and other laws by collecting patient data without consent. Meta's Pixel analytic tracking tool allegedly sent health statuses, appointment details and other data to Facebook when it was present on patient portals.

In one lawsuit from last month, a patient said Pixel gathered data from the UC San Francisco and Dignity Health portals that was used to deliver ads related to heart and knee issues. The second lawsuit, from June, is broader and claims at least 664 providers shared medical info with Facebook through Pixel.

[...] They also follow a string of privacy-related US legal action against the social media giant. Meta is facing a DC Attorney General suit over Cambridge Analytica's collection of more than 70 million Americans' personal data. The company is also grappling with lawsuits over its deactivated facial recognition system, and only this year settled a 2012 class-action over the use of tracking cookies. These latest courtroom battles suggest that concerns about Meta's data gathering practices are far from over, even as the company makes its own efforts to crack down on misuse.

Previously: Facebook is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information From Hospital Websites – the Markup


Original Submission

Meta Faces Mounting Questions From Congress on Health Data Privacy 9 comments

Meta Faces Mounting Questions from Congress on Health Data Privacy As Hospitals Remove Facebook Tracker – The Markup:

Meta is facing mounting questions about its access to sensitive medical data following a Markup investigation that found the company's pixel tracking tool collecting details about patients' doctor's appointments, prescriptions, and health conditions on hospital websites.

During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) requested that Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—provide a "comprehensive and precise" accounting of the medical information it keeps on users.

[...] In response to Ossoff's question about whether Meta has medical or health care data about its users, Meta chief product officer Chris Cox responded, "Not to my knowledge." Cox also promised to follow up with a written response to the committee.

[...] "Advertisers should not send sensitive information about people through our Business Tools," Meta spokesperson Dale Hogan wrote to The Markup in an emailed statement. "Doing so is against our policies and we educate advertisers on properly setting up Business tools to prevent this from occurring. Our system is designed to filter out potentially sensitive data it is able to detect."

Meanwhile, developments in another legal case suggest Meta may have a hard time providing the Senate committee with a complete account of the sensitive health data it holds on users.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Nofsck Ingcloo on Monday June 20 2022, @07:58PM (12 children)

    by Nofsck Ingcloo (5242) on Monday June 20 2022, @07:58PM (#1254719)

    What the hell is a hospital doing with trackers on its site? Somebody needs to be strung up by their heels for this.

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    1984 was not written as an instruction manual.
    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday June 20 2022, @08:09PM (9 children)

      by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Monday June 20 2022, @08:09PM (#1254723)

      Haven't you heard? Health is for-profit in the US.

      • (Score: 4, Interesting) by looorg on Monday June 20 2022, @08:19PM (5 children)

        by looorg (578) on Monday June 20 2022, @08:19PM (#1254726)

        So do US hospitals serve ads on their webpages? After all they do apparently need to monetize all their customers to get the maximum $ out of everyone. Do you get a discount if you watch a few ads for medication that the doctors can prescribe to you later?

        Anyhow. That said even here over in Socialist-"free-healthcare"-Europe hospitals and private practice medical providers have fallen into the same traps...

        https://www.dataguidance.com/news/sweden-imy-launches-investigation-kry-data-breach [dataguidance.com]
        https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/kry-lanserade-saker-tjanst-lackte-till-facebook [sverigesradio.se]
        https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2022-05-27-the-kry-connect-healthcare-service-leaked-personal-data-to-facebook.B14evaCpD5.html [tellerreport.com]

        I guess it's the backside of when you try to turn visits to the doctor into an APP service in your phone ...

        • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday June 20 2022, @08:24PM (3 children)

          by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Monday June 20 2022, @08:24PM (#1254730)

          Well you ain't half wrong there: if you use an app on your phone to do anything health-related, Google or Apple probably know everything there is to know about your condition anyway.

          • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday June 21 2022, @05:47AM (1 child)

            You seem butthurt - do you need some cream [click here] ?
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            Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
            • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday June 21 2022, @03:24PM

              by Freeman (732) on Tuesday June 21 2022, @03:24PM (#1254922) Journal

              Engorge!

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              Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
          • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:24AM

            by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:24AM (#1254857)

            "Probably know" - really ?

            Facebook's ad algorithm clearly knew about my wife's cancer before we'd even told half the family (and we never posted about it on social media - she's in so many groups and has so many "friends" we couldn't have handled the incoming, house looked like a florists within a week just on word of mouth). Took it maybe a week or two to narrow it down form general cancer stuff to obviously having identified type of cancer and that it was family/partner who was diagnosed.

        • (Score: 2) by Spamalope on Tuesday June 21 2022, @01:50AM

          by Spamalope (5233) on Tuesday June 21 2022, @01:50AM (#1254797) Homepage

          Want to see the directory of doctors that take your insurance? Behind a script that verifies no privacy measures or it errors out.
          Lab results?
          Appointment scheduling?
          Prescription refills?
          I've got an air gapped PC just for that now. I'm shocked they don't just go ahead and require a social media login to access your medical info.

      • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday June 21 2022, @09:50AM (2 children)

        by PiMuNu (3823) on Tuesday June 21 2022, @09:50AM (#1254850)

        NHS is also guilty here in UK. Indeed we are also selling our personal medical data to Palantir, an evil data analytics firm.

        (Palantir: seeing stone used to drive Denethor to madness, attempted filicide and eventual suicide. Who chose that name?)

        • (Score: 3, Insightful) by choose another one on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:29AM

          by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:29AM (#1254859)

          "Who chose that name"

          The one algorithm that binds them in the darkness.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @02:12PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @02:12PM (#1254891)

          I was at their office once and interviewed for a position and while small talking I asked who the big Lord of the Rings fan was. They didn't even understand the question. The HR drones looked confused and the tech staff didn't understand it either. So I guess most of the people there doesn't even know what or where the name comes from. Best guess? Peter Thiel?

    • (Score: 2) by arslan on Tuesday June 21 2022, @01:30AM (1 child)

      by arslan (3462) on Tuesday June 21 2022, @01:30AM (#1254795)

      Like everything else, IT solutions are likely outsourced and the core is re-used over and over with some cosmetic changes. In theory, their cyber sec/in-house IT should be running some cyber pen. tests before going live but that could also be outsourced, potentially to the same vendor even.

      Harvard business school 101: outsource to the cheapest or most "cost-effective"* tender

      *cost-effective as in how those cost turn into "benefits" for stakeholders.

      • (Score: 5, Informative) by FatPhil on Tuesday June 21 2022, @05:58AM

        It's not about pen testing, it's simple egress testing - no contact at all should be made to any 3rd party site for any reason at all. Even social media icons should be locally hosted. And all non-local links should use noreferer blocking.
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        Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday June 20 2022, @08:11PM (1 child)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Monday June 20 2022, @08:11PM (#1254725)

    For once, the joke is literal.

    • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:04AM

      by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:04AM (#1254854)

      You jest, and worthy of more points for it, but actually metastasis is not a bad analogy for what is happening. The tiniest information fragments spread throughout the body of the internet and every time they land in an accepting corporate environment they settle, multiply, link up with other fragments, build structure, and grow grow grow, until suddenly you have great big information tumours, everywhere.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday June 20 2022, @08:21PM (3 children)

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Monday June 20 2022, @08:21PM (#1254728)

    spokesperson Stefanie Asin wrote, and is "confident" in Facebook's safeguards and that the data being shared isn't protected health information.

    Stefanie Asin is either naive to the point of delusion, has been living under a rock for the past 18 years, or is on Facebook's payroll. Guess which my money is on...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 20 2022, @08:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 20 2022, @08:25PM (#1254731)

      Even simpler: they said they filter that info, so it isn't our responsibility, so we're going to keep tracking our ad hits.

    • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 20 2022, @08:32PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 20 2022, @08:32PM (#1254734)

      First page of goog results all point to:
              https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanie-asin-42b9624 [linkedin.com]
              Director, Public Relations at The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas
      Must be deluded, isn't that common in Texas?

      Also see https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22256507/ [nih.gov] on use of social media by hospitals.

      • (Score: 5, Insightful) by FatPhil on Tuesday June 21 2022, @05:59AM

        Deluded? Nope: "Director, Public Relations" - professional liar.
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        Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
  • (Score: 2, Redundant) by Snotnose on Monday June 20 2022, @08:41PM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Monday June 20 2022, @08:41PM (#1254739)

    Nothing is going to change until either the company is fined enough that the board of directors take notice, or (preferably) some of the Cxx suite goes to jail.

    FB made too much money on this for them to care otherwise.

    / yes, this a duplicate of a reply I posted last week to something similar.

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    When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
  • (Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 20 2022, @10:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 20 2022, @10:26PM (#1254768)

    ...what about Military information?

    If I were Putin, my men would be sitting like a hawk on all the military assets that have facecunt pages, taking any information possible.

    Start here for example:
    https://www.facebook.com/FansOfUsNavyShips [facebook.com]

    Bet Putin is a fan.

  • (Score: 2) by istartedi on Monday June 20 2022, @11:38PM

    by istartedi (123) on Monday June 20 2022, @11:38PM (#1254785) Journal

    I've seen this kind of stuff going on with Covered California's web site. It looks a little better now, but when I go there and check NoScript it still hits bing.com, doubleclick.net and a few other things that look sus.

    They took the Twitter link off, but they have a link to their FaceBook page. I don't see any FaceBook specific looking domains; but like I said it still looks bad.

    Seriously, who wants to post about their health insurance anyway?

    I think some of this is there because "programming is hard, let's go shopping". So the developers of these sites go to frameworks developed by big companies because they know how to use them. Trackers come along for the ride like Boba Fett floating amidst the garbage dumped by the Big Tech battle cruisers.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @01:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @01:57AM (#1254798)

    They renamed the company name "meta", guess what, we/they will confuse it with Mehta
    .

    Ask yo self, why the hindus deserve such jewish hatred? Why?

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @06:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @06:24PM (#1254976)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com] (INTEZER's now owned by Microsoft iirc as well).

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well)?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @07:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @07:36PM (#1255016)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com] (INTEZER's now owned by Microsoft iirc as well).

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well)?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @08:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @08:20PM (#1255037)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com] (INTEZER's now owned by Microsoft iirc as well).

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well)?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @09:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @09:03PM (#1255058)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com] (INTEZER's now owned by Microsoft iirc as well).

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well)?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:13PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2022, @11:13PM (#1255112)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com] (INTEZER's now owned by Microsoft iirc as well).

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well)?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22 2022, @03:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22 2022, @03:22AM (#1255202)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com] (INTEZER's now owned by Microsoft iirc as well).

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well)?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22 2022, @07:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22 2022, @07:12AM (#1255256)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com]

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well))?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22 2022, @08:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 22 2022, @08:06AM (#1255281)

    Guess what Dalek? YOU LOSE, hosts work vs. Symbiote C2 server(s) per this line from a MUCH better article than the one used here from bradley13 per "configuration in the binary that used the git[.]bancodobrasil[.]dev domain as its C2 server" from https://www.intezer.com/blog/research/new-linux-threat-symbiote/ [intezer.com]

    & did I block that in my original posts here https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=49835&page=1&cid=1253504#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] on this BOGUS sockpuppet upmodding yourselves shithole website (which also noted FIREWALLS are invaluable here too, per wildcards (or even IP address use, URL domain/subdomain too in many as well))?

    YES I DID! I was correct...

    & YES, hosts work vs. this threat too stupid!

    FACT: hosts files block symbiote C2 servers which is all you really need to do to nullify their communication.

    FACT: Exfiltration isn't possible without orders either.

    FACT: Orders come from C2 servers!

    So YOU LOSE chump... a BETTER ARTICLE than what I used proves it for me!

    * THANKS FOR LOSING TO ME yet again, as always for you... try me again? THIS COMES UP AS PROOF (as well as another I have on YOU regarding using sources where YOU contradict yourself - want quotes of that too? ASK!)

    HOW ESPECIALLY EMBARASSING FOR YOU with your NO-DOUBT self-upmodded by sockpuppet accounts of YOURSELF too - now that YOU have EGG ON YOUR FACE fucko!

    APK

    P.S.=> Do yourself a FAVOR - don't ever, EVER try me ever again OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU SHIT ON YOURSELF yet again as always, easlly... apk

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