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Allison Nixon
@nixonnixoff.bsky.social
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Chief Research Officer @ Unit 221B
most reliable way to reach me is my company's outreach form on the website

my other urls:
https://infosec.exchange/@nixonnixoff
https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-nixon-81822124/
don't bother contacting me on twitter
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Allison Nixon @nixonnixoff.bsky.social · Dec 31
Thank you to cybercriminals who sacrifice themselves in order to give us free marketing.
Depicted is a a cybercriminal that had threatened us. Username is "0psecgod". In this Tweet, he complains that we're using their names for clout and that they make us money. At the time of the original post in September, we were not, but only because we were saving it for later, to use as free marketing after the arrest.
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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The most entertaining federal criminal charges I have ever read

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71145...
36. Several days later, FOLTZ and Slaykings returned to discussing the fallout that they expected to befall their rival group, with Slaykings stating “Krebs is very revenge. He won’t stop until they are [expletive] to the bone.” FOLTZ responded, “Surprised they have any bots left.” Slaykings then expounded (corrected for grammar and spelling) “Krebs is not the one you want to have on your back. Not because he is scary or something, just because he will not give up UNTIL you are [expletive] [expletive]. Proved it with Mirai and many other cases.” a meme i made from the krebsonsecurity website banner using the words from the indictment. "[redacted] hit krebs" , “Going against Krebs isn’t a good move.” , “Krebs is very revenge.” , “he will not give up UNTIL you are [expletive] [expletive]”
August 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
My BSidesLV keynote is here. It touches on several difficult topics in our industry. Topics best discussed in person. As our industry spends this week in Vegas, please share this talk with your peers and discuss in person.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CD9...
BsidesLV 2025 - Breaking Ground - Monday
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August 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
whacked an immovable object with an irresistible force today just to see what would happen
August 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Today I learned that the feds made a tierlist of prison sentences and that kiberphant0m is D-tier

www.ussc.gov/sites/defaul...
www.ussc.gov
August 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Crazy that governments impose website age restrictions on their citizens before they provide Internet compatible government ID for their citizens, and everyone's stuck providing selfies that get hacked and recycled for fraud.
July 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Reasonable man shields himself from the unbearable rays of the Sun
July 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Unit 221B thanked by DOJ in 1st guilty plea of the Snowflake hacker gang. Last year they threatened me for no reason, so we broke their opsec. The Army member, "Cameron Wagenius", leaked Trump call logs from AT&T and faces 27 years. He was easy to find.

www.justice.gov/opa/pr/forme...
Former U.S. Soldier Pleads Guilty to Hacking and Extortion Scheme Involving Telecommunications Companies
A former Army soldier, who was most recently stationed in Texas, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the telec...
www.justice.gov
July 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Just put them in jail
July 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Welcome to the USA. Enjoy your stay.
A screenshot from the Bureau of Prisons showing a new inmate. AKA "waifu", who incessantly threatened cybercrime researchers including myself until we made him stop.
July 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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They put the "AI Mode" button in that exact spot in the hopes you accidentally click it and inflate some executive's usage report.
i'm Google searching something very important and when I switch between looking at images of that very important thing, and then switch back to all search results, I accidentally click AI mode and give Google the false impression that I ever want to see that shit.
June 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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sleuthcon.bsky.social
Recent press highlights from SLEUTHCON:

Covering Allison Nixon's talk on "The Com":
cyberscoop.com/the-com-subc...

Highlights from Thibault Seret's talk:
www.wired.com/story/cyberc...

#Cybercrime #Cybercriminals #cybersecurity #SLEUTHCON
Internet infamy drives The Com's crime sprees
Unit 221B’s Allison Nixon said crackdowns have effectively shown the group that their actions carry real consequences.
cyberscoop.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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mattkapko.com
The Com’s chaotic, sprawling network, composed of mostly teenagers and young adults, are committing their crimes primarily for notoriety amongst their peers on the internet,
@nixonnixoff.bsky.social said during a presentation @sleuthcon.bsky.social. cyberscoop.com/the-com-subc...
Internet infamy drives The Com's crime sprees
Unit 221B’s Allison Nixon said crackdowns have effectively shown the group that their actions carry real consequences.
cyberscoop.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
"Dude are you ok?"
"I don't think he is..."
Russian strategic aviation acting kind of concerned after a ukranian visit
June 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Maxar collected images of Russian aircraft feeling nervous
A russian strategic bomber issuing forth a giant anime sweatdrop after its comrades got destroyed by a toy made in a ukranian garage
June 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Woooo Sleuthcon!!!
sleuthcon.bsky.social SLEUTHCON @sleuthcon.bsky.social · May 8
High-dollar fraud, deranged violence, and a mysterious criminal culture.

@nixonnixoff.bsky.social and Ben Coon explain how ”The Com” works, only at #SLEUTHCON

📍 June 6 | Arlington + virtual

🔗 www.sleuthcon.com

#CyberThreatIntel #InfosecEvents
May 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Nothing's computer!

insideevs.com/news/757681/...
The Cheap Slate Truck EV Has No Screen, Uses Your Phone For Updates
The EV startup's first model is one of the most analog cars you can buy. Here's how it still gets software updates.
insideevs.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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There's a 2021 stealer log for a telemessage employee's hootsuite login. Other websites in the same stealer log (looks like websites the same machine visited) include readcomiconline[.]to and kissanime[.]ru. For national security reasons, Anime was a mistake
May 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Politicians pushing around infosec people opens the door to companies that make insecure shit doing same. And then they wonder why China has all our secrets. No gov is going to tell us what to do, not the last one, not this one, not the next one if there's a next one

www.eff.org/press/releas...
EFF Leads Prominent Security Experts in Urging Trump Administration to Leave Chris Krebs Alone
SAN FRANCISCO – The Trump Administration must cease its politically motivated investigation of former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs, the Electronic F...
www.eff.org
May 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
this thread is really funny
josephpolitano.bsky.social Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Apr 29
Let this be a warning to you all: nobody steals my charts and gets to be Prime Minister of Canada
josephpolitano.bsky.social Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Jan 7
insanely funny to have the likely future Prime Minister of Canada just take my chart and intentionally crop out the watermark where I say I made it lmao
April 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
nixonnixoff.bsky.social
Does anyone remember this from the 90's? Can someone bring back this delivery style, but instead use it for cease & desists?
A screenshot from an old video clip of a sweepstakes company delivering a big check to the house of some winner. in the 90's and early 2000's there were a lot of commercials about this to hype up their sweepstakes
April 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Bad AAPL
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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one of those stock market graphs that people are panicking over right now, which would make for a very fun roller coaster ride. i can't wait for my 401k to do a loop and go upside down.
April 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Do we need a new NSA Director now? I hope they accidentally invite a journalist it would be so funny
April 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM