Cybersecurity Researchers Are Hunted from All Sides

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http://motherboard.vice.com/read/cybersecurity-researchers-are-hunted-from-all-sides

By Andrada Fiscutean
Motherboard.vice.com
December 14, 2015

Cybersecurity researcher Peter Kruse, founder of CSIS Security Group in 
Denmark, thought his mother was calling. Her number appeared on his phone, 
but when he answered, it wasn't her. Instead, a male voice told him to 
stop what he was doing as a computer expert.

"They checked my family members," he said, referring to his anonymous 
tormenters. "They did their homework."

Security researcher Costin Raiu at Kaspersky Lab in Romania has a similar 
story. While he was analyzing Stuxnet, a worm written by the US and Israel 
and considered to be the first cyber weapon, someone broke into his house.

The intruder left behind a decision cube—a rubber die inscribed with 
conclusions like "yes," "no,” “maybe"-on his living room table with the 
message "take a break" facing up.

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