▲ 964 ▼ 4Chan knew about Jeffrey Epstein's death 38 minutes before the rest of the world. The FBI tried to figure out how. (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 5 months ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 248 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://archive.ph/mbjoZ
[–] null@lemmy.org 178 points 5 months ago (3 children) The newly released Epstein files show that the Justice Department tried to identify the 4Chan user behind the posts — but couldn't figure it out. "Good luck, I'm behind 7 proxies." permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] obre@lemmy.world 93 points 5 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] can@sh.itjust.works 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) classic Reminder that the Sarah Palin hacker was caught because they included the web proxy url in their screenshots they shared. Edit: it was 16 years ago so here's the Wikipedia article for additional context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Taldan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago The hacker left behind traces of his activity. His IP address was logged at the proxy he used, CTunnel.com, and he also left his email address while posting to 4chan. Furthermore, the attacker revealed the original web address used by the proxy There were at least 3 easy ways to track him. Dude really sucked at covering his tracks permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago I backtraced it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child) classic Reminder that the Sarah Palin hacker was caught because they included the web proxy url in their screenshots they shared. Edit: it was 16 years ago so here's the Wikipedia article for additional context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Taldan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago The hacker left behind traces of his activity. His IP address was logged at the proxy he used, CTunnel.com, and he also left his email address while posting to 4chan. Furthermore, the attacker revealed the original web address used by the proxy There were at least 3 easy ways to track him. Dude really sucked at covering his tracks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago The hacker left behind traces of his activity. His IP address was logged at the proxy he used, CTunnel.com, and he also left his email address while posting to 4chan. Furthermore, the attacker revealed the original web address used by the proxy There were at least 3 easy ways to track him. Dude really sucked at covering his tracks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago I backtraced it! permalink fedilink source parent