I remember when Discord first came out. It had a bunch of money, or something, from something or someone. Nobody knew how Discord would actually make money once their piggy bank went dry.

Eventually it was said they'd sell digital stickers and customized UIs.

I thought to myself, "That's the stupidest fuckin' thing I've ever heard of. Who in their right mind would pay to have dumb ass stickers and graphics on their profile ... in a chat software client? This entire company is going to go bankrupt in 6 months"

Anyway, I guess I'm the dumb ass because people are throwing money at them. I never imagined people would pay for the most basic customization features.

Lockbit ransomware group, Dragonforce ransomware group, and Qilin ransomware group, have established a truce and are all best friends now

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" — Ransomware groups regarding law enforcement agencies, probably

No idea why Lockbit ransomware group is still in business despite so many problems

Dmitry Khoroshev, the alleged leader of Lockbit ransomware group, has been confirmed to possess over $1,000,000,000 as a result of ransomware

wtf is bro doing? hes a billionaire

Lockbit ransomware group after making $1,000,000,000 from ransomware, attacking critical infrastructure, ransoming childrens hospitals, and being chased by law enforcement all across the planet

Car technology in 2025:
> Cameras on every inch of car
> Everything's computer
> Hybrid gas or electric
> Enhanced safety features

Car technology in 1995:
> Manual roll down windows
> Built in ashtray for cigarettes
> Box of death, in event of car accident everyone dies

Reminder that most places in the United States didn't have seat belt laws up until the 1990s.

Most* places didn't implement drinking and driving laws until the 1970s

tldr 1960s you could drive drunk, no seat belt, in a metal box of death.

Hello,

Yes, I am aware of the nerds who claim to have compromised that Russian nuclear power plant, or whatever.

I'm monitoring the situation (I don't know what the fuck I'm looking at), if anything interesting happens I'll post about it (maybe, depends on mood)

Thanks,

> nerds say compromised nuclear power plant
> everyone yappin about some cryptocurrency

wtf is this shit? is this a crypto shill thingy? or a ICS/SCADA compromise? both?

???

Pro malware nerd tip: you can tell when the malware IOCs are shared from ESET because, for reasons literally nobody understands, all of their IOCs are uppercase.

What does this mean? Nothing. It doesn't matter. But they're the only vendor that does it.

Big drama today in the Tor community.

Conrad Rockenhaus, a Tor operator based out of Michigan, United States, was arrested in 2020 after refusing to cooperate with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation

Rockenhaus, a disabled United States military veteran, ran the fastest Tor node in the United States. He was approached sometime in late 2019 when the FBI requested he allow them arbitrary access to his exit node and allow them to decrypt traffic. He denied their request.

Subsequently, in February, 2020 his home was raided. He was arrested for violating the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act). It was alleged that he was a disgruntled ex-employee causing problems at his former place of employment.

Interestingly, to "help resolve the matter", law enforcement requested he decrypt his Tor exit node to prove his innocence (???). After he refused, he was held in a pre-trial detention cell for over 3 years. He was denied bail after law enforcement stated Mr. Rockenhaus used Linux to "access the dark web" and he was "not complying" and not allowing them access to this Tor exit node.

After Mr. Rockenhaus' wife filed an official complaint, and Mr. Rockenhaus was miraculously released, he was raided by the United States Marshal Fugitive Task Force TWO TIMES(???).

They took him out his home, threw him to the ground, beat him, smashed his windows, and threatened to murder his animals.

They are still requesting Mr. Rockenhaus allow them to access his Tor exit node. Mr. Rockenhaus still has not granted them that privilege.

All of this has been captured on home security camera footage. Additionally, his wife has released all court documents.

https://www.youtube.com/@AdrienneRockenhaus

Chat, do you think the United States government would bully someone for not getting their way? Do you think the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is capable of making someones life hell for not allowing them to invade the privacy of others?

Videos, court documents, etc. can be found here. His wife has asked Reddit Tor nerds for help:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1ni5drm/the_fbi_couldnt_get_my_husband_to_decrypt_his_tor/

NOTE: Nerds found more court documents. Mr. Rockenhaus did violate the CFAA in 2014.

tl;dr fbi requested decrypt, he says no, but it turns out he did do something wrong (maybe?). did fbi have card up their sleeve? or is this unrelated? is anime good?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262053

Connor Fitzpatrick a/k/a Pompompurin, the original administrator of the infamous Breached forums, has been sentenced to 3 years in federal prison

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/founder-one-worlds-largest-hacker-forums-resentenced-three-years-prison

Not even memeing, I've seen people sentenced to prison for longer periods of time for far less severe crimes.

Shout out Pompompurin's legal team. Bro has that A1 salute defense attorney, or something.

Chat, is this true?

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Today United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Director, Kash Patel, stated in a congressional hearing that they find no evidence Jeffrey Epstein trafficked people.

However, Mr. Patel did confirm Old McDonald had a farm. He also confirmed he said E-I-E-I-O