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the same reason the US had to find out how chinese rare earth magnets made it in to the F35, for example.
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> “Epic opsec troll,” they claimed.
If this were really a fictitious persona meant to lead investigators away from their true identity, they'd never admit to such. This sounds like someone trying to deflect upon being found out. I'd wager that this person is going to be caught.
Krebs has an image of a mind-map at the end of the article showing links between the aliases.
that's what a super epic opsec troll would want you to think
more likely, it's a constructive layoff and they want to justify real estate cap-ex
full disk encryption is a thing. it's amazing how people who are otherwise technically competent leave such obvious incrementing evidence on computer
The say goodby to sanity, family, and hobbies.