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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by Nican on Friday May 11, 2012 @05:32PM (#3961530)
He says he is Polish.
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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by jacquesm on Friday May 11, 2012 @05:36PM (#3961541)
Polish nationals studying engineering in Germany should narrow it down quite a bit.

Edit: definitely not a Pole. Likely in former Eastern Germany though (lots of people there have a working knowledge of Russian / Polish, people from the Western parts not so much).

Universities in former Eastern Germany with an engineering department?

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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by speleding on Friday May 11, 2012 @05:47PM (#3961593)
He is very familiar with the differences between C, C++ and C#. Are there any Germans that can comment of what kind of student would have that knowledge? I thought that advanced engineering the degrees in Germany are too academic for students to be familiar with the intimate details of programming, but I might be wrong.
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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by tuananh on Friday May 11, 2012 @06:09PM (#3961697)
He mentioned he's been learning programming for about a year or so.
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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by Quarrelsome on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:56PM (#3962385)
He also stated that he was apparently "self-taught"
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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by speleding on Friday May 11, 2012 @05:50PM (#3961610)
A commenter on Reddit points out "I'm Polish and that's not how a Pole would spell Russian words. He's German."
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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by DeepAndDark on Saturday May 12, 2012 @09:36AM (#3963789)
User: rawrr69, on Reddit: "His writing style, long and nested sentences and use of commas are another hint. Plus he likes to laugh about and feel superior to other people and rectify their "mistakes" - 100% definitely German."
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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by VMG on Saturday May 12, 2012 @12:12PM (#3964277)
> Plus he likes to laugh about and feel superior to other people and rectify their "mistakes" - 100% definitely German."

well, as a German, I'd like to point out that this might have something to do with the fact that he is kind of an asshole. There are nice and well-mannered people here too.

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Re:IAmA a malware coder and botnet operator, AMA by jackpirate on Saturday May 12, 2012 @03:32PM (#3964857)
I seriously hope you're joking right now (due to meta-ness, not because I hate Germans)
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