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We don't know how Ross and other dark web folks were caught, despite all the official stories. We know what the FBI _tells_ us was the security issue. However

We don't know how Ross and other dark web folks were caught, despite all the official stories. We know what the FBI _tells_ us was the security issue. However, the Snowden doc's reveal that they are instructed to construct other legitimate stories for how to implicate a criminal after the have compromised him in order to not reveal their tactics. The exact term they used in the docs escapes my memory, but we only know that Ross _was_ captured, but we have no clue how. Perhaps he had perfect op-sec, but the real security issue was a raft of 0-day attacks and then they signed up something in his name, later legally gagging him. We really have no clue.

poooogles 5y ago
>The exact term they used in the docs escapes my memory Parallel reconstruction is the phrase you're after.
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stef25 5y ago
Ross did post on shroomery and stackoverflow with identifiable information ... In the case of the former it was clearly linked to the site. And those posts are still up. The guy in Bangkok had his personal email in reply-to headers of the the "welcome" emails being sent out. If that wasn't true, everyone who received the mail could have proven that. Parallel reconstruction may have been a occurred, it's true we won't know.