# The Hacker News (@TheHackersNews) on x

- id: koinon:creator:x_thehackersnews
- url: https://koinonlink.com/kol/x/TheHackersNews
- schema_version: 1.4

## Identity
- platform: x
- handle: TheHackersNews
- platform_url: https://twitter.com/TheHackersNews
- website: https://thehackernews.com/
- entity_type: creator
- person_id: Cross-platform identity not resolved for this creator.

## Reach
- followers: 1704898
- following: 1996
- posts_total: 44450
- posts_observed: 1
- posts_per_day: 7.615
- account_age_days: 5837
- verified: false
- size_tier: kol

## Engagement
- status: peak_post_only
- peak_post_engagement_rate: 0
- best_post_interactions: 2
- measurement_source: x_post_interactions
- measurement_formula: interactions on one post — likes, or likes + reposts + replies depending on the discovery path (the two are not distinguishable in the stored data)
- comparable_pool: peak_interactions
- status_note: We have only the single best observed post, so no mean exists. peak_post_engagement_rate is an UPPER BOUND, systematically higher than an average — never compare it against an average rate.
- unit_note: engagement_rate and peak_post_engagement_rate are ratios (0-1); avg_interactions_per_post and best_post_interactions are absolute counts. Read status before reading any number: a null rate has several different causes and status says which one applies here.

## Content
- category: software
- subcategory: security
- category_confidence: 0.95
- category_source: derived_from_recent_content
- topics: New unpatched vulnerabilities and CVEs, Ransomware attack techniques and campaigns, Malicious packages and supply-chain threats, Kernel and embedded device security issues
- bio: The #1 trusted source for cybersecurity news, insights, and analysis — built for defenders and trusted by decision-makers.

## Audience (inferred)
- status: present
- description: cybersecurity defenders, security researchers, IT security teams and decision-makers responsible for protecting systems and infrastructure
- roles: dev
- seniority: practitioner
- pain_points: Staying on top of newly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities and unpatched flaws in widely used libraries and kernels, Understanding complex, multi-stage attack chains involving ransomware, supply-chain poisoning and evasion techniques, Assessing real-world risk to embedded devices, Linux/Android systems and developer tooling like npm, Rapidly translating technical PoCs and CVE details into defensive actions before exploitation spreads
- posts_analysed: 4
- confidence: 0.4

## Commercial (inferred)
- audience_buyer_fit: 0.9
- promotion_intent: 0.8
- open_to_collaboration: false
- contact: Koinon does not publish creator contact details.

## Quality signals
- authenticity_score: 49
- authenticity_basis: engagement_observed
- credibility_score: 84
- flagged_for_review: false
- koinon_bd_grade: B — measures Koinon partner-outreach fit, not creator quality
- interpretation: Signals for triage, not verdicts. A flag means the profile is worth a manual check.

## Evidence
- [x_thehackersnews#c0fa15c8] 👀 New UNPATCHED FatFs vulnerabilities hit a filesystem library bundled into potentially MILLIONS of embedded devices. Malformed USB drives, SD cards, or update files can trigger memory corruption, crashes, leaks, or hangs. Read details here: https://t.co/ZB9ESCO9Ew (https://twitter.com/TheHackersNews/status/2072993769088307455)
- [x_thehackersnews#b1959385] ⚡ New "Bad Epoll" (CVE-2026-46242) vulnerability affects #Linux 6.4+ kernels and may reach newer #Android devices. It can turn a local user into root; the PoC hit 99% reliability and may trigger from Chrome’s renderer sandbox. 🔗 Read how the bug works: https://t.co/K7YzmGwZKm ht
- [x_thehackersnews#9d81fc82] 🛑 Avalon turns a PDF-themed .LNK into CrownX ransomware. Proton Drive → ISO image → MSBuild → ETW tampering → HTTPS payload. By the ransom note, credentials, C2, and recovery disruption are already in play. Inside the attack chain: https://t.co/WwV3cOGzOB https://t.co/DjCsrncCA7
- [x_thehackersnews#15dcc028] 🛑 Six malicious npm packages mimicked Rol

## Provenance
Every inferred field below carries how it was produced. Facts stay facts; inferences stay inferences.

- audience.description: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.4, freshness_days=67, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- audience.roles: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.4, freshness_days=67, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- audience.seniority: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.4, freshness_days=67, method=llm_persona_from_recent_content
- commercial.audience_buyer_fit: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.6, freshness_days=111, method=llm_scorer — Relative signal within Koinon indexing, not a market-wide score.
- commercial.promotion_intent: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.6, freshness_days=111, method=llm_scorer
- quality.anomaly_flags: source_type=heuristic, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=112, method=profile_snapshot_and_engagement_ratio_heuristic — Means "worth a manual check", NOT confirmed fraud. Flags can be wrong and are not a verdict about the person.
- quality.authenticity_score: source_type=heuristic, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=111, method=Profile-shape heuristic from a single snapshot (follower count, following ratio, account age, posting volume, verification), reduced for engagement red flags where post engagement was collected. Where only a follower count is available the score saturates at 58. — The input set differs by platform; do not compare this score across platforms.
- quality.koinon_bd_grade: source_type=ai_inferred, confidence=0.5, freshness_days=112, method=llm_partner_fit_classifier + fit_score >= 0.6 AND authenticity >= 60 => A; fit_score >= 0.4 AND authenticity >= 45 => B; else C. authenticity < 30 or a promotional-pattern flag => quarantine. — Koinon partner-outreach fit, not creator quality.
- reach.followers: source_type=observed, confidence=0.95, freshness_days=112, method=platform_profile

## Freshness
- profile_checked_days_ago: 112
- content_analysed_days_ago: 111
- audience_updated_days_ago: 67

## AI retrieval
- indexing_requests: 11
- user_triggered_requests: 0
- note: Being indexed in bulk is not the same as being retrieved to answer a question.

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