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Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames

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CitrixNews Staff
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Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames

For more than a decade, the cybersecurity industry has been assigning names to different hacking groups. Some of them, like Fancy Bear, have crossed over into the mainstream because of their prominent hacks and memorable names. Others are only known within the cybersecurity industry. 

Oftentimes, even industry insiders can’t keep track. In part, that’s because every company names hacking groups differently. That’s why there are resources like this one, which attempt to be a one-stop shop where cybersecurity professionals, government officials, policymakers, journalists, and the wider public can make sense of who is who. 

Originally reported by TechCrunch. Read the full story at the original source.