Just spent a few days mapping the technical infrastructure for a network of about 5 dozen cryptocurrency exchanges that offer to turn crypto into cash in Russian banks, all of whom are sanctioned by the US and other western nations.

[briankrebs@infosec.exchange]

Just spent a few days mapping the technical infrastructure for a network of about 5 dozen cryptocurrency exchanges that offer to turn crypto into cash in Russian banks, all of whom are sanctioned by the US and other western nations.

Fun fact: While virtually all of these exchanges are hosting in Russia or by Russia-backed ISPs operating in Europe, they all also used Cloudflare.

[cryptadamist@universeodon.com]

@briankrebs didn't russia come up with its own competitor to cloudflare a few years ago? i forget the details but i feel like that happened.

[nosirrahsec@infosec.exchange]

@briankrebs Literally no one is surprised by this. (Not a dig at you, but at Cloudflare.)

Cloudflare seems determined to support everything normal people hate.

[pk84@mas.to]

@cryptadamist @briankrebs does it even matter? Everyone in Russia will tell you how West is bad, western things are bad, yet they're drooling over each new iphone in their Puma sweatpants and adidas jackets nation of fools

[cryptadamist@universeodon.com]

@pk84 @briankrebs it matters because if they have their own cloudflare then cloudflare can't turn them off (or drop their coverage and expose them to DDoS etc)

[briankrebs@infosec.exchange]

@cryptadamist @pk84 but they don't do that already anyway, so....

[kurtseifried@infosec.exchange]

@briankrebs I mean... what else would they use? Also at the price point of free/$20/$200 per month nobody else comes even close for what you get.