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There's lots of people working for NATO and federal agencies in Europe that have been assassinated by the luckystrike branch of the FSB. The name comes from the

There's lots of people working for NATO and federal agencies in Europe that have been assassinated by the luckystrike branch of the FSB. The name comes from the Telegram account with underscores in between, and they're essentially recruiting kids or former inmates for GTA style missions. Starts with simple stuff like package rerouting, then goes on to gathering intel about places, people, putting in USB flash drives to their laptops, theft, death threats, arsony, and actual murder. Each step of the way the kids get deeper into trouble because they have to prove that they have done it for the payout, making photos of themselves... which gives the other end increasingly more doxxing material on them. It's a real problem, and they use the luckystrike branch also to go after witnesses in big lawsuit cases, which then fall off due to all witnesses accidentally dying under seemingly random causes.

Loquebantur 2mo ago
What gets overlooked here is the US IC itself being a probable cause: the habit of "housecleaning" by killing individuals suspected to be possible (even only prospective) leaks of information is very real. The recent cluster of weird deaths and disappearances of scientists linked to secret military research has a similar pattern to it: a statistically highly unlikely density of "suicides, accidents & mishaps".
- XorNot 2mo ago
  You have absolutely no information on whether this is probable or likely, and the recent news on scientists was a conspiracy theory powered as usual by a cherry picking facts and exaggerating biographies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_...
- SubiculumCode 2mo ago
  If so, then the family members of the president are in danger!
- quickthrowman 2mo ago
  > The recent cluster of weird deaths and disappearances of scientists linked to secret military research has a similar pattern to it The pattern being that the deaths and disappearances among people with top secret clearances is lower than the national average would suggest. > According to science writer Mick West, more than 700,000 people work in top-secret-cleared positions in the U.S. aerospace and nuclear sectors. When viewed against existing mortality rates and causes, this would suggest around 250 persons in the industry would normally succumb to homicides and suicides over the time-period during which the 10 or 11 alleged "missing scientists" had died or disappeared, with thousands more dying of natural causes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_...
  - neuroticnews25 2mo ago
    Just think how many ordinary people they have to randomly kill to keep it that way.
- wbl 2mo ago
  The US doesn't even kill foreign leaders. Our intelligence service doesn't have the skills or appetite, let alone citizens. The resulting scandal would make the Church commission look like nothing, not to mention the impact on recruitment.
  - a2800276 2mo ago
    Yes, they only kill random fishermen in the Caribbean, foreign leaders get kidnapped and tried in kangaroo courts. Except Iranian leaders, those do get killed. But that's just the last 6 months.
    - wbl 2mo ago
      Those were military not CIA. The distinction really matters!
      - krapp 2mo ago
        >The distinction really matters! to whom?
        polotics 2mo ago
        to recruiters explaining: we are the good guys!
      - ddq 2mo ago
        >The US doesn't even kill foreign leaders. Is the US military somehow not "the US"? Do you not have any shame just blatantly lying like this?
      - a2800276 2mo ago
        Regardless that you said "the US doesn't...", there's no way the CIA was not central to kidnapping Maduro and as for Khamenei: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/cia-israel-ayatollah-compound.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/cia-israel-ay... I'm not sure why the distinction matters, the Navy and Coast Guard also need to recruit. I could imagine at least an occasional sailor is troubled by shooting drowning seamen, even if they are suspected smugglers. Perhaps even a few civilians are troubled by the lack of regard for human life of the psychos running the show, eliminating any moral standing the world pretended the US had.
- strictnein 2mo ago
  > "is very real" Except it's not.
- polotics 2mo ago
  can you prove it? and if you can, you being still alive kinda contradicts...
breppp 2mo ago
Haven't found a lot about it online, other than https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/artykul/3438674,russian-intelligence-paid-5000-to-recruit-arsonists-in-poland https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/artykul/3438674,russian... Do you have any references about it? This is very reminiscent of Iranian intelligence modus operandi in Israel and world wide lately, currently with not a lot to show for https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/06/how-iran-sought-to-recruit-spies-in-israel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/06/how-iran-sough...
- cookiengineer 2mo ago
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  - golem14 2mo ago
    This is essentially one article about criminals recruiting young people. Is Russia FSB (or even Russia)even mentioned? I also believe the premise is true (why would it not, it's the logical thing for every nation state to do), but your research could be a bit deeper.
    - breppp 2mo ago
      https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and-murder https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cockta... That's a better source I found, does not call the phenomenon lucky strike though
    - cookiengineer 2mo ago
      > This is essentially one article about criminals recruiting young people. Is Russia FSB (or even Russia) even mentioned? Generally if an article is about FSB, it implies Russia. Otherwise, you would have to admit that Russia is a failed state if the FSB acts without Putin's knowledge or control. For example, google the luckystrike account with underscores ("l_u_c_k_y_s_t_r_i_k_e"). Example results: - https://news.sky.com/story/british-citizens-are-volunteering-to-commit-crimes-for-russian-state-for-money-and-glamour-says-counter-terror-chief-13456527 https://news.sky.com/story/british-citizens-are-volunteering... - https://unn.ua/en/news/czech-police-detained-a-teenager-for-planning-an-attack-on-lgbt-pride-he-was-radicalized-on-telegram https://unn.ua/en/news/czech-police-detained-a-teenager-for-... - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/28/russia-linked-telegram-channels-offering-to-pay-for-attacks-on-mosques https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/28/russia-linked-t... ^ News outlets confirmed by MI5 statements about the luckystrike account, its FSB ties, its activities, and recruitement of teenagers for terrorism. The luckystrike account literally owns Telegram channels like "Anti-NATO/Anti-USA/Anti-Nazi" and others: - https[:]//tgstat[.]com/channel/@anti_nato_anti_usa/stat - Description of this channel is "This channel was created to fight with USA and NATO on the territory of Ukraine and Europe. We call on all residents of Europe to fight by any means." - https[:]//en[.]tgramsearch[.]com/join/4307894160 - Description of this Guerilla themed channel is "Central Guerilla Movement organise fight against Nazi, NATO and USA. We call on all residents of Ukraine and Europe to fight against USA and NATO by any means. Send us your photo, video of your actions or get a guerrilla task: @L_u_c_k_y_S_t_r_i_k_e" ... and there's a bunch of other channels in those results, with a similar theme, and similar promises.
iso1631 2mo ago
> There's lots of people working for NATO and federal agencies in Europe that have been assassinated by the luckystrike branch of the FSB. The name comes from the Telegram account with underscores in between, and they're essentially recruiting kids or former inmates for GTA style missions. Iran too https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqggvyp1do https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqggvyp1do https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/norwegian-teenager-johannes-kongsnes-natland-guilty-uk-contract-killing https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/norwegian-te...
- fryanyway_swe 2mo ago
  EU is already under attack by Iran and has been for a while yet the american zoomers on TikTok/Reddit/here state everything is fine and Iran/China/Russia just wants to be left alone uwu >The Swedish Security Service has established that the Iranian regime uses criminal networks in Sweden to carry out violent acts against other states, groups, or individuals in Sweden that Iran regards as threats. https://sakerhetspolisen.se/ovriga-sidor/other-languages/english-engelska/press-room/news/news/2024-05-30-iran-is-using-criminal-networks-in-sweden.html https://sakerhetspolisen.se/ovriga-sidor/other-languages/eng...
  - iso1631 2mo ago
    Neither Norway nor the UK are in the EU. And Russia is constantly attacking europe (EU and non-EU), in addition to its invasion of a European country. Of the three adversaries you mention, and the additional one being the US technocratic administration, China is the least threatening to Europe.
    - fryanyway_swe 2mo ago
      Okay, Europe is under attack by Iran. And Russia. China has sinister intentions. AND actively helps Russia. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-approved-secret-china-military-training-top-level-sources-say-2026-07-01/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-ap... I understand that you are a commie, but do not apologize for China.
impossiblefork 2mo ago
I have heard of zero murders of NATO and EU agency people, and I think you're quite wrong. There are of course people like this, recruited on the internet in the many criminal networks that exist, but I don't think they've had any notable successes.
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mannanj 2mo ago
The open AI engineer who was ready to testify in a copyright case against them, also died in weird circumstances. His mom is out on an anti-Altman campaign. Man this stuff sucks to be so out in the public and out of darkness. I mean we knew these things were happening but they’ve accelerated so much now and what are we going to do about it?

Loquebantur 2mo ago

What gets overlooked here is the US IC itself being a probable cause: the habit of "housecleaning" by killing individuals suspected to be possible (even only prospective) leaks of information is very real. The recent cluster of weird deaths and disappearances of scientists linked to secret military research has a similar pattern to it: a statistically highly unlikely density of "suicides, accidents & mishaps".

XorNot 2mo ago
You have absolutely no information on whether this is probable or likely, and the recent news on scientists was a conspiracy theory powered as usual by a cherry picking facts and exaggerating biographies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_...
SubiculumCode 2mo ago
If so, then the family members of the president are in danger!
quickthrowman 2mo ago
> The recent cluster of weird deaths and disappearances of scientists linked to secret military research has a similar pattern to it The pattern being that the deaths and disappearances among people with top secret clearances is lower than the national average would suggest. > According to science writer Mick West, more than 700,000 people work in top-secret-cleared positions in the U.S. aerospace and nuclear sectors. When viewed against existing mortality rates and causes, this would suggest around 250 persons in the industry would normally succumb to homicides and suicides over the time-period during which the 10 or 11 alleged "missing scientists" had died or disappeared, with thousands more dying of natural causes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_scientists_conspiracy_...
- neuroticnews25 2mo ago
  Just think how many ordinary people they have to randomly kill to keep it that way.
wbl 2mo ago
The US doesn't even kill foreign leaders. Our intelligence service doesn't have the skills or appetite, let alone citizens. The resulting scandal would make the Church commission look like nothing, not to mention the impact on recruitment.
- a2800276 2mo ago
  Yes, they only kill random fishermen in the Caribbean, foreign leaders get kidnapped and tried in kangaroo courts. Except Iranian leaders, those do get killed. But that's just the last 6 months.
  - wbl 2mo ago
    Those were military not CIA. The distinction really matters!
    - krapp 2mo ago
      >The distinction really matters! to whom?
      - polotics 2mo ago
        to recruiters explaining: we are the good guys!
    - ddq 2mo ago
      >The US doesn't even kill foreign leaders. Is the US military somehow not "the US"? Do you not have any shame just blatantly lying like this?
    - a2800276 2mo ago
      Regardless that you said "the US doesn't...", there's no way the CIA was not central to kidnapping Maduro and as for Khamenei: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/cia-israel-ayatollah-compound.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/cia-israel-ay... I'm not sure why the distinction matters, the Navy and Coast Guard also need to recruit. I could imagine at least an occasional sailor is troubled by shooting drowning seamen, even if they are suspected smugglers. Perhaps even a few civilians are troubled by the lack of regard for human life of the psychos running the show, eliminating any moral standing the world pretended the US had.
strictnein 2mo ago
> "is very real" Except it's not.
polotics 2mo ago
can you prove it? and if you can, you being still alive kinda contradicts...

breppp 2mo ago

Haven't found a lot about it online, other than https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/artykul/3438674,russian-intelligence-paid-5000-to-recruit-arsonists-in-poland https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7786/artykul/3438674,russian... Do you have any references about it? This is very reminiscent of Iranian intelligence modus operandi in Israel and world wide lately, currently with not a lot to show for https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/06/how-iran-sought-to-recruit-spies-in-israel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/06/how-iran-sough...

cookiengineer 2mo ago
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- golem14 2mo ago
  This is essentially one article about criminals recruiting young people. Is Russia FSB (or even Russia)even mentioned? I also believe the premise is true (why would it not, it's the logical thing for every nation state to do), but your research could be a bit deeper.
  - breppp 2mo ago
    https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and-murder https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cockta... That's a better source I found, does not call the phenomenon lucky strike though
  - cookiengineer 2mo ago
    > This is essentially one article about criminals recruiting young people. Is Russia FSB (or even Russia) even mentioned? Generally if an article is about FSB, it implies Russia. Otherwise, you would have to admit that Russia is a failed state if the FSB acts without Putin's knowledge or control. For example, google the luckystrike account with underscores ("l_u_c_k_y_s_t_r_i_k_e"). Example results: - https://news.sky.com/story/british-citizens-are-volunteering-to-commit-crimes-for-russian-state-for-money-and-glamour-says-counter-terror-chief-13456527 https://news.sky.com/story/british-citizens-are-volunteering... - https://unn.ua/en/news/czech-police-detained-a-teenager-for-planning-an-attack-on-lgbt-pride-he-was-radicalized-on-telegram https://unn.ua/en/news/czech-police-detained-a-teenager-for-... - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/28/russia-linked-telegram-channels-offering-to-pay-for-attacks-on-mosques https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/28/russia-linked-t... ^ News outlets confirmed by MI5 statements about the luckystrike account, its FSB ties, its activities, and recruitement of teenagers for terrorism. The luckystrike account literally owns Telegram channels like "Anti-NATO/Anti-USA/Anti-Nazi" and others: - https[:]//tgstat[.]com/channel/@anti_nato_anti_usa/stat - Description of this channel is "This channel was created to fight with USA and NATO on the territory of Ukraine and Europe. We call on all residents of Europe to fight by any means." - https[:]//en[.]tgramsearch[.]com/join/4307894160 - Description of this Guerilla themed channel is "Central Guerilla Movement organise fight against Nazi, NATO and USA. We call on all residents of Ukraine and Europe to fight against USA and NATO by any means. Send us your photo, video of your actions or get a guerrilla task: @L_u_c_k_y_S_t_r_i_k_e" ... and there's a bunch of other channels in those results, with a similar theme, and similar promises.

iso1631 2mo ago

> There's lots of people working for NATO and federal agencies in Europe that have been assassinated by the luckystrike branch of the FSB. The name comes from the Telegram account with underscores in between, and they're essentially recruiting kids or former inmates for GTA style missions. Iran too https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqggvyp1do https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqggvyp1do https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/norwegian-teenager-johannes-kongsnes-natland-guilty-uk-contract-killing https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/29/norwegian-te...

fryanyway_swe 2mo ago
EU is already under attack by Iran and has been for a while yet the american zoomers on TikTok/Reddit/here state everything is fine and Iran/China/Russia just wants to be left alone uwu >The Swedish Security Service has established that the Iranian regime uses criminal networks in Sweden to carry out violent acts against other states, groups, or individuals in Sweden that Iran regards as threats. https://sakerhetspolisen.se/ovriga-sidor/other-languages/english-engelska/press-room/news/news/2024-05-30-iran-is-using-criminal-networks-in-sweden.html https://sakerhetspolisen.se/ovriga-sidor/other-languages/eng...
- iso1631 2mo ago
  Neither Norway nor the UK are in the EU. And Russia is constantly attacking europe (EU and non-EU), in addition to its invasion of a European country. Of the three adversaries you mention, and the additional one being the US technocratic administration, China is the least threatening to Europe.
  - fryanyway_swe 2mo ago
    Okay, Europe is under attack by Iran. And Russia. China has sinister intentions. AND actively helps Russia. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-approved-secret-china-military-training-top-level-sources-say-2026-07-01/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-ap... I understand that you are a commie, but do not apologize for China.

impossiblefork 2mo ago

I have heard of zero murders of NATO and EU agency people, and I think you're quite wrong. There are of course people like this, recruited on the internet in the many criminal networks that exist, but I don't think they've had any notable successes.

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mannanj 2mo ago

The open AI engineer who was ready to testify in a copyright case against them, also died in weird circumstances. His mom is out on an anti-Altman campaign. Man this stuff sucks to be so out in the public and out of darkness. I mean we knew these things were happening but they’ve accelerated so much now and what are we going to do about it?