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Alex Sotirov and Jacob Appelbaum are security researchers known for high-impact vulnerability research and public presentations on offensive security topics. Alex Sotirov is widely recognized for work on heap feng shui and exploitation research affecting platforms such as Windows, web browsers, and major web services. Jacob Appelbaum is known for security research including work associated with cold-boot attacks. They were publicly associated with a presentation at the 25C3 conference in Germany that was anticipated to disclose consequential Internet security research. Available information supports characterization as independent researchers rather than a threat actor, intrusion set, or organized malicious campaign. There is no high-confidence evidence here of sustained malicious operations, victim targeting, ransomware activity, or a coherent threat-actor program attributable to them as a unit.
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