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Hacked PC - random sounds playing (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago by LOLseas@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@programming.dev
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My fellow penguins,

I have been pwned. What started off as weeks of smiling everytime I heard a 7-10s soundbyte of Karma Factory's "Where Is My Mind" has now devolved into hearing dashes and dots (Morse Code) and my all-time favorite, a South Park S13: Dead Celebrities soundbyte of Ike's Dad saying, "Ike, we are sick of you talking about ghosts!"

It's getting old now.

I feel like these sounds should be grepable in some log somewhere, but I'm a neophyte to this. I've done a clean (secure wipe >> reinstall) already, the sounds returned not even a day later.

Distro is Debian Bookworm. So how do I find these soundbytes? And how do I overcome this persistence? UFW is blocking inbound connection attempts everyday, but the attacker already established a foothold.

Thank you in advance. LOLseas

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Last time I heard about weird audio playing it was Steam's built-in soundtrack player picking up all kinds of weird stuff and randomly playing it (or getting triggered through some shortcut or something)... just to rule it out, do you have Steam installed?

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do. But I counter with this: I had never even heard of the band Karma Factory until that soundbyte played. With the help of an F-droid app on my phone, "Audile", I was able to quickly mic the soundbyte and that helped me figure out the song clip. There is absolutely no chance Steam factored into this lolfest.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

I mean, that's what that guy who had the issue back then also thought. IIRC he had morse code and whispering at random times.

Maybe just quickly check what Steam's audio player has listed as soundtracks, just to rule it out (assuming you haven't found the cause yet).