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Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death (2012)
- icosahedronman 13y agoStory is worthy of a movie plot
- logicallee 13y agoTitle worthy of an "in 2010".
- Ecio78 13y ago1 yr old article about a dead in 2010?
- DanBC 13y agoLittle bits of information are leaking out over time. I don't think his attendance at Black Hat was publicly known before this week? I don't think it's surprising that MI6 / GCHQ CESG / NSA / etc send people to conferences like Black Hat.
- Volscio 13y agoTrue. New info there. It was a weird story when details first emerged, too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311214/Detectives-believe-GCHQ-spys-death-sex-game-went-wrong.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311214/Detectives-b...
- cbsmith 13y agoHow can their be new info given that this article is dated May 4th, 2012?!
- tedunangst 13y agohttp is insecure. The NSA is tapping into your communication and changing the date to trick you into thinking there's no new info.
- alexk7 13y agoThe article is dated "04 MAY 12" and shows no mention that it has been updated.
- JshWright 13y agoThe article is dated May 2012... That counts as 'before this week' in my book.
- noir_lord 13y agoSo you could say it was a "black bag" job. I remember this case, it was a weird one.
- ck2 13y agoHe might have been a pre-Snowden that didn't escape: Williams was unhappy with his work environment at MI6 and felt he didn't fit in with his colleagues. During the inquest, testimony revealed that the coder had conducted unauthorised searches of an MI6 database also: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/codebreaker-death/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/codebreaker-death/
- Ntrails 13y agoOr he might have been simply killed for sport. Or because he wanted to be. Or insert claim here
- krapp 13y agoThe American government is killing British agents for sport? Ye gods, how depraved have they become?!
- Ntrails 13y agoGod no, the Americans were far too busy writing juicy memos to get involved in this one. I think we all can glean from the nature of his death that it could only have been... dum dum dum ... The Icelandic Government. That's right folks. Due to his persistent mockery of eating rotten shark, those heartless Icelanders decided to shut him up for good. The method of dispatch leaving his body in a similarly putrescent state as their favourite delicacy.
- krapp 13y agoTheir hearts are as cold and bleak as their country.. which is cold and bleak.
- antocv 13y agoThats exactly the point of these murders by intelligence agencies. Plausible deniability and "point finger and call tinfoil hatter"-ability at anyone who questions their fascist tendencies.
- ktd 13y agoWhat a devious headline. Imagine it as "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to <FILL IN THE BLANK>" and you'll spot the trick here.
- 8ig8 13y agoFrom the article... "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to Harrods Department Store"
- diydsp 13y agoCodebreaker for M16 murdered after undergoing TSA Search! Codebreaker for M16 murdered after visiting legal prostitution state! Seriously, this is (yet another) bit of irresponsible journalism headlines (titulars = British?) from Wired. They're trying hard to be "the finger on the pulse of the wild west world of cyberspace." facepalm.wav
- charlus 13y agoTo be fair, it was Ck2 who added the word "murdered" not Wired.
- diydsp 13y agoand check it out... Wired has changed the headline... Just like the Guardian did two weeks ago on that "let herself be gang-raped" headline. [1][2] It's now "Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death". AND as a matter of fact, I just went back to triple-check the Guardian article and guess what? They changed it AGAIN. They replaced the word "molested" with "endured sexual assault." Are they A/B testing? What is going on?! (wake up sheeple...) [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374829 [2]http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-inreallife-interview-teenagers http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-in...
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoSo I guess this is why DEFCON officially discouraged feds from attending this year?
- corin_ 13y agoNo, that's because of negative attitudes towards them based on Snowden leaks etc.
- krapp 13y agoNo, this happened in 2010. DEFCON banned feds because of the NSA disclosures[1]. http://mashable.com/2013/07/11/hacker-conference-defcon-no-feds/ http://mashable.com/2013/07/11/hacker-conference-defcon-no-f...
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoI know. It was my (now failed) attempt at humor.
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- Jugurtha 13y agoThat's a lot of info for things supposed to be secret. Or did people in the Services not receive the memo that their job requires to keep quiet. I mean, that amount of info on a magazine !
- jrochkind1 13y ago16-month-old article on HN home page for why?
- tedunangst 13y agoMI6.
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- droopybuns 13y agoThe only thing this article from 2012 is good for is reminding me that it's been almost 3 months and we still have no explanation of Barnaby Jack's passing.
- lawnchair_larry 13y agoEverybody who knew him does. It's not interesting.
- julesie 13y agoWhen this case broke first in the UK there was a curious smear campaign conducted against the victim. Suggesting that he was into deviant sexual practices and that that may have led to his demise. I didn't know any details of the case at the time but it just struck me as odd.
- sarreph 13y agoThe author uses the word 'thwarting' in two consecutive paragraphs... Wired UK's writing is usually better than this.