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The argument was, he was deflecting attention away from him towards others - which, as this thread for the parent poster shows, worked.

jader201 13y ago
My argument is, this attention wouldn't even be here had he just kept quiet. I don't think he was clever enough to have foresight that a) this would get this much attention, and b) he would need to deflect said attention by fabricating an elaborate hoax. The guy was simply wanting to brag about what he did in the excitement of him actually pulling it off. I think this is much more believable than him fabricating this story.
- Uchikoma 13y ago
  After all the prison sentences lately, I'm not sure he wants to brag about himself.
  - jader201 13y ago
    If he were really that concerned about prison sentences, would he have done this to begin with? Not being snarky, that's a real question. I don't know the minds and rationale of hackers. I generally get the impression hackers honestly feel they're invincible, until they get caught. Maybe that's a misperception though.
    - lostlogin 13y ago
      That may be an age thing - often they are young males. Entirely conjecture.
- youknowwhoo 13y ago
  One issue to be thought of is if he tells how he hacked the accounts, it would become difficult for him to hack some other accounts in the future. But I have found out that he has a habit of giving out advice to people. I have done some searching and found out (hopefully) who he is. A simple google search for the email swiped@live.com revealed this link http://mydomaintest.com/index.php?query=getgamesfree.net http://mydomaintest.com/index.php?query=getgamesfree.net with owner douglas A password reset on that account shows the following accounts listed. do * * * @gmail.com do * * * @aim.com A password reset on aim.com for user name douglas(just guessing) also revealed the email d * * * *8@froze.org Searching for the name douglas parmele and 5167, brenda gave a result http://welfare.im/dox/index.php?name=communist http://welfare.im/dox/index.php?name=communist There is a reference of froze.us in the dox. Here you get his hackerforums.net profile http://www.hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1399505 http://www.hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1399... search for his posts and you see most of them are selling novelty twitter and other accounts http://www.hackforums.net/search.php?action=results&sid=953a269accf32893f3464ded14dc945f http://www.hackforums.net/search.php?action=results&sid=953a... Here he gives out advice on securing accounts. http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3610513 http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3610513 You have to have an account on hackforums.net to view those links.

jader201 13y ago

My argument is, this attention wouldn't even be here had he just kept quiet. I don't think he was clever enough to have foresight that a) this would get this much attention, and b) he would need to deflect said attention by fabricating an elaborate hoax. The guy was simply wanting to brag about what he did in the excitement of him actually pulling it off. I think this is much more believable than him fabricating this story.

Uchikoma 13y ago
After all the prison sentences lately, I'm not sure he wants to brag about himself.
- jader201 13y ago
  If he were really that concerned about prison sentences, would he have done this to begin with? Not being snarky, that's a real question. I don't know the minds and rationale of hackers. I generally get the impression hackers honestly feel they're invincible, until they get caught. Maybe that's a misperception though.
  - lostlogin 13y ago
    That may be an age thing - often they are young males. Entirely conjecture.
youknowwhoo 13y ago
One issue to be thought of is if he tells how he hacked the accounts, it would become difficult for him to hack some other accounts in the future. But I have found out that he has a habit of giving out advice to people. I have done some searching and found out (hopefully) who he is. A simple google search for the email swiped@live.com revealed this link http://mydomaintest.com/index.php?query=getgamesfree.net http://mydomaintest.com/index.php?query=getgamesfree.net with owner douglas A password reset on that account shows the following accounts listed. do * * * @gmail.com do * * * @aim.com A password reset on aim.com for user name douglas(just guessing) also revealed the email d * * * *8@froze.org Searching for the name douglas parmele and 5167, brenda gave a result http://welfare.im/dox/index.php?name=communist http://welfare.im/dox/index.php?name=communist There is a reference of froze.us in the dox. Here you get his hackerforums.net profile http://www.hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1399505 http://www.hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1399... search for his posts and you see most of them are selling novelty twitter and other accounts http://www.hackforums.net/search.php?action=results&sid=953a269accf32893f3464ded14dc945f http://www.hackforums.net/search.php?action=results&sid=953a... Here he gives out advice on securing accounts. http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3610513 http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=3610513 You have to have an account on hackforums.net to view those links.