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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by horeszko on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:18PM (#42252568)
> Kiberphant0m denied being in the U.S. Army or ever being in South Korea, and said all of that was a lengthy ruse designed to create a fictitious persona. “Epic opsec troll,” they claimed.

This is called a "double cover story", a classic deflection when someone is caught or exposed.

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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by asimjalis on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:41PM (#42252692)
It could be a triple cover story. The faked double cover story is meant to deflect.
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by tedunangst on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @10:46PM (#42252716)
Maybe even skipping the quadruple cover story and going straight to the quintuple. A true pro.
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by function_seven on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @11:01PM (#42252812)
I always play the (2n+1) game myself. (Or do I??)
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by the_af on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:34AM (#42257338)
That's what they... er, you... er, somebody wants you to think?
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by formerly_proven on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:43AM (#42257417)
That’s my secret… I never think.
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by banku_brougham on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:07PM (#42260710)
2n for me, probably
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by User23 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @10:39PM (#42262212)
Better than the 3n+1 game[1]. That one can really get you.

[1] https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-mathematicians-still-cant...

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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by _carbyau_ on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @11:14PM (#42252878)
"Fuck everything, we're doing five covers." ... "Put another misdirect on that fucker, too."
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by Mtinie on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @07:02AM (#42255385)
That reminds me of the escalating “trace buster” scene in “The Big Hit.”

https://youtu.be/2VY_xxL2jL0?si=9hf6ibvtHFCGuCNL

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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by pnut on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @07:55AM (#42255673)
Context https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-...
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by labster on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @11:28PM (#42252944)
Good luck, I’m behind seven cover stories
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by blitzar on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:18AM (#42254400)
Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket. I myself, I have fourteen cover stories with an infinite loop at number 10 that directs you back to 4.
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by oefnak on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @05:37AM (#42254878)
Where do you use 11-14 for?
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by Mtinie on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:57AM (#42255355)
Higher dimensional investigations.
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by avn2109 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @06:35AM (#42255239)
Plot twist, I'm actually undercover as you.
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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by the_af on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:36AM (#42257355)
I know linking to videos on a tangent joke is frowned upon here, but I'll risk the downvotes for a worthy cause:

You really need to watch this Key & Peele & Rocket Jump colaboration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHQr0HCIN2w

Actually, since I'm actually undercover as you, and I've already watched it...

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Re:Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier by edzillion on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @01:54PM (#42258643)
I know comments commending the previous post are also frowned upon but that is one of the funniest sketches I've ever seen. Hilarity ad absurdum
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