[hellbanner]

You're a little late - the Mirai botnet (Larget botnet at the time it became widely known) is exactly that.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/01/who-is-anna-senpai-the-m...

[sillysaurus3]

That story - Wow! Did anything ever happen to the author?

Previous discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13435742

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13428824

Supposed Reddit comment from the author: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5nqq3c/serious_p...

[hellbanner]

Their last post is Jul 17, but there's signature and even if there was, how would we ever know.

[samstave]

Ive always wondered if "anna senpai" is a play on "ono sendai" -- the infamous Cyberpunk EvilCorp deck...

I personally feel that it is. (maybe tis was already obvious to others - I just havent talked about it out oud to anyone prior...)

[hellbanner]

They said in an interview -- it's a .txt file linked somewhere on the krebs site, that AS is a villian in an anime

[krallja]

I think the pseudonym "Anna senpai" is in reference to the Japanese media trope of schoolchildren falling in love with their senpai.

[samstave]

<Wipes hands with oily rag, looking at motor...>

Well,now... there's my problem right there... Jus' don' know much 'bout them japanese now doncha.

<rocks back and forth with thumbs on the straps of my filthy coveralls, spits...>

Yep yep yep is what I always say...

<heads back into dilapidated datacenter behind squeaky screen door only holding on by one hinge>