Omar Avilez
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But after, you know, they did some things on the system, they now... It downloaded or installed a second malware, which was a Coal Strike implant, which was communicating to Conti C2.
But after, you know, they did some things on the system, they now... It downloaded or installed a second malware, which was a Coal Strike implant, which was communicating to Conti C2.
He was a man. And on that moment, we wanted to disappear.
He was a man. And on that moment, we wanted to disappear.
A big bank overnight stopped working for over a month. So if that bank cannot operate, all the people that have the money on that bank, you know, how they are going to get their money out or how that can affect the government or the economy. So that was something big, and we involved even more people to investigate
A big bank overnight stopped working for over a month. So if that bank cannot operate, all the people that have the money on that bank, you know, how they are going to get their money out or how that can affect the government or the economy. So that was something big, and we involved even more people to investigate
So one of the first thing that I did or I tried to do was call the people of Costa Rica because that happened to them. I wanted to know, you know, all about the incident.
So one of the first thing that I did or I tried to do was call the people of Costa Rica because that happened to them. I wanted to know, you know, all about the incident.
FIRST is a forum for instant response. So like all the instant response teams all over the world just have a conference once or twice a year. So we all go to the conference. They know each other. So if anybody needs help, so we know who we can call.
FIRST is a forum for instant response. So like all the instant response teams all over the world just have a conference once or twice a year. So we all go to the conference. They know each other. So if anybody needs help, so we know who we can call.
We found out that the red actor was on the system over time. 10 months ago. They were in these agencies for 10 months? Jeez. So when we discovered that, we tried to get to somebody else that may have more information than us. We get to our partners. So when we reach out to them and we show them all the information that we have, they Russia as in the Russian government.
We found out that the red actor was on the system over time. 10 months ago. They were in these agencies for 10 months? Jeez. So when we discovered that, we tried to get to somebody else that may have more information than us. We get to our partners. So when we reach out to them and we show them all the information that we have, they Russia as in the Russian government.
It was very strange for me why Russia would compromise the Dominican Republic in that way, what interest they would have here, because in the Dominican Republic we have a lot of Russians, like a lot of Russians living here.
It was very strange for me why Russia would compromise the Dominican Republic in that way, what interest they would have here, because in the Dominican Republic we have a lot of Russians, like a lot of Russians living here.
uh what would be their intention and what that organization told us is that they were trying to experiment with some countries and something that may do in a bigger scale so they could not target some more mature countries like the united states or united kingdom because they have better defense so they were trying to do it in this part of the world so what happened in costa rica
uh what would be their intention and what that organization told us is that they were trying to experiment with some countries and something that may do in a bigger scale so they could not target some more mature countries like the united states or united kingdom because they have better defense so they were trying to do it in this part of the world so what happened in costa rica
Even though it's not publicly, I'm not saying that on behalf of the government. It's just my opinion. And what I know from what happened and from what I learned on the process, what happened in Costa Rica was part of that. And what was happening in the Dominican Republic was part of that.
Even though it's not publicly, I'm not saying that on behalf of the government. It's just my opinion. And what I know from what happened and from what I learned on the process, what happened in Costa Rica was part of that. And what was happening in the Dominican Republic was part of that.
And it was not just Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, but also other countries in the Latin American region.
And it was not just Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, but also other countries in the Latin American region.