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Has th3j35t3r been unmasked?

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Looks like some sort of charade.

The red truck image was taken directly from http://www.beckhamsautos.com/web/used/Chevrolet-Silverado-15... (Not th3j35t3r's Facebook as claimed)

Here's the truck's VIN number (2GCEK19T2Y1374502): http://photos.ecarlist.com/gK/SH/wn/jz/QY/rC/O3/mf/Lk/Z1/yQ_...

The truck in the picture doesn't have plates. It has a Beckham's Auto placard.

There is a decent Carfax history on the VIN. Georgia.

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Unveiling real identities of hackers, or "doxing", is fairly standard behavior between competing hackers or groups. But there's a matter of proof and falsification of information that makes it incredibly hard to ever verify the claims being made.

Without verifying the identity of "cubespherical" and his claims via alternate means and sources of data, how can we be sure this isn't a ploy by th3h35t3r himself to leave a false trail and make a quick $100k?

The best hackers aren't just masters at digital systems. They must be masters of manipulating other people first and foremost.

"how can we be sure this isn't a ploy by th3h35t3r "

exactly...

I was tempted to say "because he wants to donate to WikiLeaks", but yeah, it's an unheard of BitCoin address. This is annoyingly absurd. If anything this person would reach out to a third party or WikiLeaks themselves and set up an account that could be monitored. (Or they could follow the blockchain and check the Wikileak's account's current balance and see if it is increased the desired amount)

Granted Wikileaks may want to stay out of this entirely. I don't know who to laugh at, raise my eyebrows at, etc more... anon, the Jester, or this person who wants a bunch of money to reveal the identity of some braggart.

Well, I guess that depends on whether or not people are going to pay 20k bitcoins into the supposed Bitcoin account of the purported unmasker, doesn't it?

Is unmasking this person really worth what basically amounts to $100k USD?

Good point. He's probably suffering more now with his paranoia over being identified than he would be after his identity was released.

The worst things he's likely to face from being unmasked, given his targets, is a book deal, a handful of right-wing TV and radio interviews, and a sweet computer security gig.

Here's a theory, maybe I'm crazy but:

Let's say you somehow manage to breach the account of The Jester on Twitter and also his wordpress account. Let's say you want to make money from this: what better way than to fake a reveal.

The only reason anyone is giving this thing any weight is because "he" wiped out his blog and deleted the twitter account. To me the supposed Twitter messages don't look very real, they read as if they're written by someone acting scared, but then maybe it is just as simple as his identity is known; it was inevitable I guess.

I'd support the jester more than any of those other groups. I'd rather see a guy take down jihadist websites, the westboro website, etc. than whatever the random crap anon and such attacks.

You could make the argument that Anon, Lulz, The Jester, etc. are all bad, which is fair. But I don't think there's much of an argument for Anon over The Jester.

Wasn't Anon the group that took down the Westboro site? From what I remember they took down the site while an Anon "spokesperson" and a Westboro representative were both being interviewed live on a talk show.

Eh, to be fair, they probably both have.

This is such a bummer! I hope it's not true. The Jester is kind of like a mini-hero to me. He constantly trolled those 'anon' guys and somehow made them look even worse than they manage to make themselves look on their own.

Reading his blog posts was like reading an engaging book. He has to be the only one of "these guys" that is even remotely cool.

Did you root for the Empire when you watched Star Wars?

Are you asking me if I typically root for the evil side? No.

When The Jester started making headlines it was amidst constant LulzSec and Anonymous attacks and retaliations all on very stupid targets for selfish reasons. The climate on here was unbearable. So many people would gang up on you if you spoke out against anon. It was ridiculous.

The Jester poked fun at those people and exposed them for the lame script kiddies that they are (not that it took much to figure this out, but he paraded it). The IRC logs were hilarious.

I like The Jester for this. He's an anti-hero of sorts. Even if he is still a "bad guy."

Either this person has actualy been unmasked and the person has left the public sphere or he wants to cash in and get 20k bitcoins. Why are people suddenly now revealing people for profit when in the past they just did it for fun?

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