Why “embargo” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The goal is to see whether the “pull the cord on all your servers RIGHT NOW” panic was the appropriate response, and whether the embargo was the right approach.
by notpushkin · Oct 25, 2026
It's done, anyone still talking about this is in the business of monetizing trending keywords (or crime), not in the business of cyberdefense. Anyone that's thinking about defen…
by TZubiri · Oct 25, 2026
Lots of people said the embargo should be broken early because "the exploit is already in the wild". That does not normally mean an infosec researcher has a PoC on their private…
by xorcist · Oct 24, 2026
There's a lot of smoke being blown by companies with a financial stake in coming off as "security-minded" or something. There's apparently _some_ exploit usage in the wild befor…
by DetroitThrow · Oct 24, 2026
But wait, weren't we all told that exploits where already happening all over the place and thats why the embargo was broken? Cloudflare even claimed they mitigated a bunch of it…
by malfist · Oct 24, 2026
The only reason Php2shell wasn't as bad as it could've been was because basically no malicious actors had exploits that were useful in time. Whoever broke the embargo is a moron…
by DetroitThrow · Oct 24, 2026
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Economic sanctions or embargoes are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals. Economic sanctions are a form of coercion that attempts to get an actor to change its behavior through disruption in economic exchange. Sanctions can be intended to compel or deter. Read more on Wikipedia