6 ms·

It is, in fact, that user lol.

ziddoap 2y ago
Yet, as far as I can see, no facts have been posted. Just 1 random person saying "it's this guy", and 2 other random people saying "believe me, it is lol".
- tivert 2y ago
  This looks like a confession the account is his: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828788 >> Zee/"ryanc" has indeed been involved in things like these for many years. HTP (Linode + much more) is just a small part of it. >> I'm also very surprised it's taken this long for him to be arrested. He's completely brazen and has committed countless crimes despite knowing full well the general public and law enforcement know exactly who he is. ryanlol responded: > Just because someone knows who I am does not mean that'll matter when it comes to proving things in court, which in real life isn't as easy as one might imagine. >> he probably won't get out for a while > If only I'd get sentenced in the first place. This Krebs comment lists more HN accounts: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/11/alleged-extortioner-of-psychotherapy-patients-faces-trial/#comment-597463 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/11/alleged-extortioner-of-p... > PS: Want to read some of his Hacker News comments? Usernames are ryanlol, FDSGSG, rosnd, rosndo, prvit, lfodofod, ryanl0l, bbbbb5, gggggg5 (which stopped posting right after his arrest).
  - ziddoap 2y ago
    While Krebs has more weight than a random HN person, he has a poor record in this department and has doxxed innocent people before [1], and people he doesn't agree with out of spite [2]. So, yeah... Not holding much weight with me. [1]https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/krebs-accused-of-doxxing-man-based-on-single-source-in-twitter-scam-yarn.html https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/krebs-accused-o... [2]https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/infosec-researchers-slam-ex-wapo-man-krebs-over-doxxing.html https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/infosec-researc... Edit: Your edited comment including some non-Krebs stuff is more interesting, thanks for digging that up for me.
    - tivert 2y ago
      > While Krebs has more weight than a random HN person I actually cited a comment on Krebs, not Krebs himself. But that's kind of moot. More digging found the ryanlol account confessing to be Julius Kivimäki. It appears he was pretty open with his identity.
      - ziddoap 2y ago
        >I actually cited a comment on Krebs, not Krebs himself. That's even worse? More random people lol. But yeah, the other stuff you dug up straight from his account is certainly more damning, thanks.
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    > ryanlol, FDSGSG, rosnd, rosndo, prvit, lfodofod, ryanl0l, bbbbb5, gggggg5 And yet we are always scolded for accusing people of sockpuppeting and similar nearly 10 times the voting weight of normal users.
- formerly_proven 2y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26499520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26499520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14925431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14925431
  - ziddoap 2y ago
    1st link is interesting, thanks. 2nd one is yet another random person?

Yet, as far as I can see, no facts have been posted. Just 1 random person saying "it's this guy", and 2 other random people saying "believe me, it is lol".

tivert 2y ago
This looks like a confession the account is his: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828788 >> Zee/"ryanc" has indeed been involved in things like these for many years. HTP (Linode + much more) is just a small part of it. >> I'm also very surprised it's taken this long for him to be arrested. He's completely brazen and has committed countless crimes despite knowing full well the general public and law enforcement know exactly who he is. ryanlol responded: > Just because someone knows who I am does not mean that'll matter when it comes to proving things in court, which in real life isn't as easy as one might imagine. >> he probably won't get out for a while > If only I'd get sentenced in the first place. This Krebs comment lists more HN accounts: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/11/alleged-extortioner-of-psychotherapy-patients-faces-trial/#comment-597463 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/11/alleged-extortioner-of-p... > PS: Want to read some of his Hacker News comments? Usernames are ryanlol, FDSGSG, rosnd, rosndo, prvit, lfodofod, ryanl0l, bbbbb5, gggggg5 (which stopped posting right after his arrest).
- ziddoap 2y ago
  While Krebs has more weight than a random HN person, he has a poor record in this department and has doxxed innocent people before [1], and people he doesn't agree with out of spite [2]. So, yeah... Not holding much weight with me. [1]https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/krebs-accused-of-doxxing-man-based-on-single-source-in-twitter-scam-yarn.html https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/krebs-accused-o... [2]https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/infosec-researchers-slam-ex-wapo-man-krebs-over-doxxing.html https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/infosec-researc... Edit: Your edited comment including some non-Krebs stuff is more interesting, thanks for digging that up for me.
  - tivert 2y ago
    > While Krebs has more weight than a random HN person I actually cited a comment on Krebs, not Krebs himself. But that's kind of moot. More digging found the ryanlol account confessing to be Julius Kivimäki. It appears he was pretty open with his identity.
    - ziddoap 2y ago
      >I actually cited a comment on Krebs, not Krebs himself. That's even worse? More random people lol. But yeah, the other stuff you dug up straight from his account is certainly more damning, thanks.
- mrguyorama 2y ago
  > ryanlol, FDSGSG, rosnd, rosndo, prvit, lfodofod, ryanl0l, bbbbb5, gggggg5 And yet we are always scolded for accusing people of sockpuppeting and similar nearly 10 times the voting weight of normal users.
formerly_proven 2y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26499520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26499520 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14925431 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14925431
- ziddoap 2y ago
  1st link is interesting, thanks. 2nd one is yet another random person?