Belgium != Bulgaria
The rest of what you said makes sense, and it is possible that this is a script kid trying to make a name for himself - I would be very weary about making that assumption though without more serious evidence.
The rest of what you said makes sense, and it is possible that this is a script kid trying to make a name for himself - I would be very weary about making that assumption though without more serious evidence.
I met him in September in a meeting for international law enforcement. He was lecturing.
I agree, it is worth looking into until there is real evidence either way. Hopefully he will come forward. Someone on twitter did say they heard from him on Dec 15th and he was fine.
My experience with these "independent security professionals" who are heavy on certification alphabet soup/government acronyms, and lacking in real credible work history, is that they are mostly playing "fake it until you make it". This especially applies to bloggers and those who heavily use terms like "cyber warfare" and "cyber terrorism". InfoSec is full of insecure charlatans who are broke or homeless and always making up outrageous nonsense.