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His identity has been an “open secret” since before the original story broke - he had tweeted some screenshots of his shenanigans on his personal account. Kind
by fullspectrumdev 2y ago
His identity has been an “open secret” since before the original story broke - he had tweeted some screenshots of his shenanigans on his personal account.
Kind of interesting that he so openly admits to getting up to stuff now though.
- dylan604 2y agoWhich TFA clearly mentions
- fullspectrumdev 2y agoIt does, yes. It's also worth noting though because the first half of TFA makes it out to be some kind of big reveal. What I find most interesting is that apparently he has been “green lit” to do this kinda stuff, there was another story in the BBC today about some pro-Ukraine hackers in the US who also seem to have been largely “given the nod” by USG. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68722542 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68722542 I’m not against this at all, and approve of it personally, but it’s interesting nonetheless. I’d honestly have expected the Feds to show up and knock on the door and go “ok, please stop”.
- dylan604 2y agoBeing green lit with a simple nod allows for plausible deniability later though. At any point, the green lit person/team can take it further than what was initially thought, the repercussions become more severe than anticipated, or any thing really, and the that green light suddenly becomes red. They can then scoop up the "bad actors" in a face saving move to those that were offended to say it was just rogue actors doing unsanctioned stuff. See, we put them in jail...now.