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I don't think there's much mystery - it's almost entirely for bragging rights. I remember when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows was leaked on LUElinks a wee
by akiselev 3y ago
I don't think there's much mystery - it's almost entirely for bragging rights. I remember when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows was leaked on LUElinks a week or two before release and it was just some random bloke who wanted to impress everyone. Same with the recent Discord leaks.
- rsynnott 3y agoThe odd thing is it’s not just the mainstream stuff that this happens with, tho; extremely obscure authors are also targeted.
- alwa 3y agoThat was what was so puzzling about it! Extremely sophisticated social engineering techniques over the better part of a decade, for no obvious reason [0]! It did seem to dry up after they arrested Bernardini for it a year or two back [1,2], though: [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/books/publishing-manuscripts-phishing-scam.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/books/publishing-manuscri... [1] https://newrepublic.com/article/165234/filippo-bernardini-literary-publishing-scammer https://newrepublic.com/article/165234/filippo-bernardini-li... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/books/publishing-manuscripts-phishing-scam-filippo-bernardini.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/05/books/publishing-manuscri...
- rsynnott 3y agoAh! Yes, that’s the guy. Bizarre story. I kind of want him to write a memoir about it, though for maximum irony someone would have to steal it, of course.