▲ 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
[–] 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