This is the story of D3f4ult (twitter.com/_d3f4ult) from CWA. He was a hacktivist, upset with the state of the way things were, and wanted to make some changes. Changes were made.
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Sources
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3ekk5/kane-gamble-cracka-back-online-after-a-two-year-internet-ban
- https://www.wired.com/2015/10/hacker-who-broke-into-cia-director-john-brennan-email-tells-how-he-did-it/
- https://www.hackread.com/fbi-server-hacked-miami-police-data-leaked/
- https://archive.ph/Si79V#selection-66795.5-66795.6
- https://wikileaks.org/cia-emails/John-Brennan-Draft-SF86/page-7.html
Attribution
Darknet Diaries is created by Jack Rhysider.
Assembled by Tristan Ledger.
Episode artwork by odibagas.
Mixing by Proximity Sound.
Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. Theme song available for listen and download at bandcamp. Or listen to it on Spotify.
Transcript
[START OF RECORDING]
JACK: Was this after you went to prison?
DEFAULT: What was after when I went to prison?
JACK: You had a million dollars in crypto?
DEFAULT: No, that was before.
JACK: Okay. Well, I want to get into all that.
DEFAULT: Yeah. It’s honestly a lot.
JACK: Okay, well, this is good. I’m glad that your story is strange — well, it’s — for a movie.