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Now, with the help of AI, it's even easier to waste time of open source developers by creating fake security vulnerability reports.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man, why would you do this type of shit with a username that's easily linked back to your real name and business ventures? I found this person's GitHub profile, LinkedIn page, current employer, and a link to some sort of startup business page just by doing a simple search for their very public username: https://webug.xyz

Several people over at Hackernews have posted this same info because security people are curious. It's just baffling to me. If you're going to be a scumbag, you should at least try to distance yourself from it.

(also, wtf is that page of AI slop even trying so say? What the fuck is any of that for?)

[–] Kissaki 1 points 1 week ago

If it were a successful report they'd want the attribution, recognition, and publicity.

They didn't see the bad they were doing. I wonder if they see it now. Given their response, I doubt it.

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