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Title: 2012-05-15 scmagazine.com.au 20k Bitcoin bounty to unmask th3j35t3r..
Post by: alexanderanon on May 15, 2012, 03:33:10 AM
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Has th3j35t3r been unmasked?

The Jester shuts down Twitter account, blog entries following alleged threats.

In the [Twitter] message exchange, Cubespherical said they would publish the hacker's real identity and resume after they had acquired a donation of 20,000 BitCoins for whistle-blower web site Wikileaks, an organisation that The Jester has attacked by denial of service (DoS) and disparaged in a series of tweets.

    “Jester's Real Life ID will be given up finally when this bitcoin address 15JDgkwFVXvuxCt66eUQ434ty3jrvwPfGe has 20K BTC (BitCoins).”  - Cubespherical's Twitter account.

About half of the donations would go to Wikileaks, while the remainder would help Cubespherical “hide”, they said.

http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/300824,has-th3j35t3r-been-unmasked.aspx
Found on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/news2


Title: Re: 2012-05-15 scmagazine.com.au 20k Bitcoin bounty to unmask th3j35t3r..
Post by: rjk on May 15, 2012, 03:34:04 AM
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Has th3j35t3r been unmasked?

The Jester shuts down Twitter account, blog entries following alleged threats.

In the [Twitter] message exchange, Cubespherical said they would publish the hacker's real identity and resume after they had acquired a donation of 20,000 BitCoins for whistle-blower web site Wikileaks, an organisation that The Jester has attacked by denial of service (DoS) and disparaged in a series of tweets.

    “Jester's Real Life ID will be given up finally when this bitcoin address 15JDgkwFVXvuxCt66eUQ434ty3jrvwPfGe has 20K BTC (BitCoins).”  - Cubespherical's Twitter account.

About half of the donations would go to Wikileaks, while the remainder would help Cubespherical “hide”, they said.

http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/300824,has-th3j35t3r-been-unmasked.aspx
Found on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/news2
So do we make history? Tune in next week to find out!


Title: Re: 2012-05-15 scmagazine.com.au 20k Bitcoin bounty to unmask th3j35t3r..
Post by: adamstgBit on May 15, 2012, 05:58:22 AM
this is bull shit!
they are holding their information ransom for 100,000$
and they call it a donation address?

am i missing something here? why should i care about this hackers "real" name?


Title: Re: 2012-05-15 scmagazine.com.au 20k Bitcoin bounty to unmask th3j35t3r..
Post by: cbeast on May 15, 2012, 10:29:51 AM
seems to me that Cubespherical = th3j35t3r