Post AUckPR4uAzLI8Ucmhc by CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AUb5wnq6oCyi5vlmW8 by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T03:56:24Z
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"He seemed very confused and lost as to what to do..."Um, you perhaps:1) Call a lawyer2) Stop talking to your Discord friends3) Turn yourself in, hopefully in time to avoid the need to replace your front doorThis story just gets more and more bonkers.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/12/discord-leaked-documents/
(DIR) Post #AUb6HgUFLBxNN8V6jQ by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-13T03:59:59Z
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@alex If there's anyone whose situation screams "Call a lawyer! Right now! And stay the hell offline!", it's this guy.
(DIR) Post #AUb6JBRdj289fyzq52 by warren__terra@mastodon.online
2023-04-13T04:00:29Z
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@alex The strong implication at the end of the article is that his Discord friends expect him to flee the country.Also, they say they haven't been contacted by the Feds (and pledge to keep silent until his fate is resolved). Assuming they genuinely haven't been contacted by the feds, either the feds are already very close to the guy without needing to talk to them, or the feds are WAY behind on this one.
(DIR) Post #AUb6KicDso2kqJg8GW by jonathanpierce@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T04:00:30Z
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@alex instructions unclear, started tiktok livestream
(DIR) Post #AUb6eHL90C7q2c17YG by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T04:04:20Z
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@jonathanpierce I lol’d. Then cried for this guy.
(DIR) Post #AUb6gT22VFeUsk7mee by mav@hackers.town
2023-04-13T04:04:45Z
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@alex I guess they could go to russia, maybe Vlad wants to add to his collection of secrets leakers?
(DIR) Post #AUb6iOTSQ5I9KErrPc by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-13T04:03:28Z
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@alex The thing about this story that I don't get is how he hasn't been identified and arrested yet.
(DIR) Post #AUb6iOziU960wHxch6 by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T04:05:05Z
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@mattblaze Yes, that is shocking to me.
(DIR) Post #AUb7bWx4bLthXt0m6y by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T04:15:00Z
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Also, gotta love a guy holding both these ideas in his head at the same time:1) The USG will ship the leaker to Guantanamo or execute him without trial.2) The source is totally fine having a casual chat with the Washington Post about what he knows.This article is going to be dissected for years.
(DIR) Post #AUb7qyQwhtQR7fLe2S by hallam@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T04:17:50Z
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@alex Turning himself in, he might get as little as two years. If he gets caught instead, he is likely looking at ten or more.
(DIR) Post #AUb7sgmDKHQAwK77uC by allafarce@hachyderm.io
2023-04-13T04:18:11Z
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@alex what the hell is going on here
(DIR) Post #AUb807tEuxxX3bwkMK by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T04:19:28Z
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@hallam And he won't get hurt.A super-fit paranoid gun-nut, possibly with military training, doesn't sound like the kind of guy whose arrest warrant is served by two agents casually knocking.
(DIR) Post #AUb8950X0IYyiwcuHI by adamshostack@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T04:21:00Z
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@alex Also, hold your leaks until this years Pulitzer has been awarded?
(DIR) Post #AUb8JB09ZcDeD3GRbE by trevor@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T04:22:56Z
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@alex wow, that article is wild. Also pledging to not talk to the feds while spilling your guts to a reporter is… something.
(DIR) Post #AUb8VdzVcI0TatuLPk by reedmideke@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T04:25:10Z
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@alex Also the sources mom "The Post obtained consent from the member’s mother to speak to him and to record his remarks on video"Being a juvenile may protect him some, but uh ma'am you need a lawyer stat before the feds tear your house apart and take all your electronics
(DIR) Post #AUb9miUAG9D8PVx2lU by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T04:39:25Z
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@reedmideke Modern Parenting Tips:1) Have your kids’ phones by your bedside at night2) Explain to your kids that if anybody does something that makes them feel weird, they can tell you and you won’t get mad3) If a Washington Post reporter asks if he can record your kid, on the record, talking about how your son is planning to lie to the FBI to protect his online friend who turns out to be an adult and also, coincidentally, the most wanted man in America, say no.
(DIR) Post #AUbAWqpJZzUVbJqJnc by jbaggs@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T04:47:47Z
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@alex @reedmideke I'm entirely with you on 2. I've got a bit of an issue with reporters and family after my sister went on CNN, but otherwise I think you're cool.
(DIR) Post #AUbBG9sdaMCvj408Su by hallam@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T04:55:58Z
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@alex They will want him alive to be able to debrief. But most likely, they will pick him up on his base when he reports for duty.
(DIR) Post #AUbBZvM5IadUT8CRw8 by halfcocked@mstdn.social
2023-04-13T04:59:33Z
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@alex @reedmideke talk to your child about the espionage act before someone else does.
(DIR) Post #AUbBeUPOueRULMvatc by asmodai@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T05:00:22Z
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@alex @reedmideke When I just saw that part in the article and the openness with which they were talking about "OG" and not going to tell the FBI, I could only think "you're fucked" and "why are you even talking about this in public?"
(DIR) Post #AUbGJK7WT8lI7mIBHc by phanecak@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T05:52:32Z
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@alex Well I guess he can still go to Ruzzia. He can still pray in some room there. Possibly even play some games and watch guns on the net.But seriously: #Snowden has at least an agenda which can be labeled "for the greater good". This one was IMHO(*) after "(his own) mental well being". And while that is also a great goal, it is not in a same league hence leaking sensitive stuff for such purpose is IMHO big overkill.(*) will see what else gets written about him and his motives later on
(DIR) Post #AUbGZC6U2ibdtVNFHE by MattFerrel@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-04-13T05:55:25Z
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@alex there’s a lot going on here but everyone connected to that Discord is about to go through some things. Also, parent: WTF are you thinking?
(DIR) Post #AUbHAMuSpRaA7iTh3Y by mjfgates@wandering.shop
2023-04-13T06:02:06Z
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@alex Once they come visit, he's never going to use that door again. Might as well say goodbye to it the exciting way.
(DIR) Post #AUbIF8b7ZG1d8bGhgO by null@puddle.town
2023-04-13T06:14:11Z
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@alex I feel kinda bad for the WP source. He's a minor, under a guardian with very poor judgement. "The Post obtained consent from the member’s mother to speak to him". The kid doesn't understand the gravity of what he stumbled into (on Discord!). It is a crazy story all around.
(DIR) Post #AUbJD2rW1NvuixVErw by ryansingel@writing.exchange
2023-04-13T06:25:01Z
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@alexLiterally the stupidest timeline
(DIR) Post #AUbKhmIvjUokInXoGG by vtmicah@vmst.io
2023-04-13T06:41:47Z
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@alex discord is cooperating, they have his IP over months. It’s a matter of days (hours?) before they get him.
(DIR) Post #AUbMB2qDQbKLwUdHfc by JLab8@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-04-13T06:58:13Z
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@alexA lot of people are asking questions about my "it's not a fascist recruiting server" t-shirt that are answered by the shirt.
(DIR) Post #AUbMH7FjwF9nMXSyem by ericdere@mastodon.nl
2023-04-13T06:59:22Z
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@alex Shouldn’t your government vet their personnel more thoroughly? Just saying.
(DIR) Post #AUbMIi6GQXOvvonJ8C by stndinq@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T06:59:29Z
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@alex i haven’t had a chance to read the article yet, but each screenshot i encounter showcases increasingly powerful brains
(DIR) Post #AUbMa4EzMTijWT9T7I by troglodyt@mastodon.nu
2023-04-13T07:02:50Z
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@alex @mattblaze really? the usaian elites pampers it's fash to an insane degree, of course they don't seriously believe there will be negative consequences
(DIR) Post #AUbNNqJzO5MqpdE2M4 by lizzard@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T07:11:50Z
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@alex how embarrassing, rather than leaking because of ethical principles this weird gun nut apparently did it to impress 14 year olds on a Minecraft server. what a bozo.
(DIR) Post #AUbOiUC0xLa0Eiu1JY by kegill@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T07:26:44Z
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@alex The WaPo interviewed a minor (parental permission) who had known OG since before Covid. So, preteen. Being irrational is a feature of his brain at that age. OG being “early 20s” doesn’t fit this timeline, either. How could someone have that level of security so soon out of college? I would have liked to know the ages of these two dozen or so people. Yes. Bonkers.
(DIR) Post #AUbREsWThkAVmWoX5M by quinn@octodon.social
2023-04-13T07:54:58Z
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@alex "maybe we should have had better opsec"
(DIR) Post #AUbThLBkv3Oqhgoxgu by Gorba@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T08:22:34Z
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@alex Whoever was running the scif this guy worked at (likely multiple considering the timeline) need to be beaten with a stick.
(DIR) Post #AUbkcHNlLH4KfgbqO8 by funk_funky@mastodon.world
2023-04-13T11:32:05Z
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@alex intelligence officials need to reassess how they give out clearances because OG is clearly dumb as a rock. Any of these gun nuts are the biggest losers in the nation. What assholes.
(DIR) Post #AUbkyYH7DRJlQz7XG4 by funk_funky@mastodon.world
2023-04-13T11:36:09Z
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@alex OG seems really really cool. He loves God, guns, and trying to impress teenagers with military intelligence.
(DIR) Post #AUblpOAJXAQ3QZ8MTo by Jedigal007@mstdn.social
2023-04-13T11:45:37Z
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@alex @reedmideke In truth, these young people need to be held to account. They knew what was happening. They did nothing to stop it. They seem not to comprehend their own unethical choices, complicity. This can’t be left unaddressed
(DIR) Post #AUbqkmFd3WvES1ExSi by PeoriaBummer@infosec.exchange
2023-04-13T12:40:52Z
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@alex @mattblaze I’m not sure which is more shocking: that the feds haven’t caught the leaker now that the leak is widely publicized or that the feds didn’t notice the leak before it was widely publicized.
(DIR) Post #AUc1aQexZo8G5PMBIu by Iwillyeah@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T14:42:15Z
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@alex that's because he is a literal child.
(DIR) Post #AUcJirxBmR9AEF3d5M by tdietterich@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T18:05:22Z
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@alex It is fascinating that OG seems to have been motivated primarily by status seeking rather than ideology or money. So much work has gone into predicting radicalization that turns out to be irrelevant to this case (as far as we can tell right now)
(DIR) Post #AUcPNQPhZtuuSTYHxo by alex@cybervillains.com
2023-04-13T19:08:44Z
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Update:
(DIR) Post #AUcQz00gIINxWlKU88 by sasha@hachyderm.io
2023-04-13T19:26:50Z
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@alex my in-laws live down the street. This is The Most Bristol County, MA shit ever. Where The Florida Men of New England come from.
(DIR) Post #AUcUVtgP8ePXK6Dvn6 by JLab8@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-04-13T20:06:21Z
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@alex presumably, this is a chopper orbiting the gamer's house. What's the significance of this particular helicopter? Local news? The feds?
(DIR) Post #AUcVSN0cGNUR4WYl4S by halfcocked@mstdn.social
2023-04-13T20:16:59Z
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@alex update: target acquired
(DIR) Post #AUcjHAapU31ejn3G3k by darryl_ramm@hachyderm.io
2023-04-13T22:51:45Z
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@alex Some tips on surviving incarceration from Jeffrey Epstein...
(DIR) Post #AUcjXKlnPjAWvxtAGW by hammancheez@c.im
2023-04-13T22:54:41Z
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@alex “solving” lmao
(DIR) Post #AUckDuxRG77jKZdjw8 by CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T23:02:25Z
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@alex What an idiot.
(DIR) Post #AUckPR4uAzLI8Ucmhc by CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T23:04:27Z
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@alex This whole crowd is functionally brain-dead.
(DIR) Post #AUckR16Nj4km9S4Lbs by mloxton@med-mastodon.com
2023-04-13T23:04:36Z
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@alex Shutting down the channel and setting up a new one seems a lot like cognizance of wrongdoing to me, but maybe the feds and military police will see it in a more favorable way.
(DIR) Post #AUckWWnlIL4NujzJ4K by CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social
2023-04-13T23:05:47Z
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@alex @reedmideke Especially #3.
(DIR) Post #AUcknRMkl1lLykQ36m by Agora@mindly.social
2023-04-13T23:08:52Z
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@alex @reedmideke My kids listen to podcasts to fall asleep. They are just like me😁I bought them wireless speakers to use instead of having their gadgets in the room. However, I must enforce this rule every night and sometimes I forget🥱😩
(DIR) Post #AUclLtEndaZgGd7rGK by adamwarvergeben@mstdn.party
2023-04-13T23:15:02Z
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@alex @reedmideke about 3: That also applies if it's Americas 2nd most wanted man or woman
(DIR) Post #AUczCSJFmk49VFbY1I by Axomamma@mastodon.online
2023-04-14T01:50:11Z
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@alex He really thought his white male privilege meant he would never have to pay the piper?If he's an example of the quality of people in the national guard, we're in a lot of trouble.