cross-posted from: https://tardigram.com/m/windows11@lemmy.world/t/39011

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

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[–] 10 points 2 months ago

Damn, perhaps competent prosecutors & FBI agents wouldn't have allowed this information to leak.

Losing an incredible privacy leak to own a 19 year old who posted his crimes on snapchat.

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