All of this really puts Lee's evangelizing of Private Internet Access into a new light, doesn't it?
IMHO, at this point you need to seriously consider the possibility that everything he's touched, including Freenode, could be compromised in some way, if not already a literal "honeypot"...
Off-topic: I love his new house: https://www.insider.com/south-korean-royals-california-mansi...