The Simple Truth Behind "Operation Onymous"?

State of the Onion [31c3] by Jacob Applebaum & Arma:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrFWwA-47U

At around 47:30

So what he's saying basically is that everything that was seized during Onymous was found using info that was extracted from computers of people that Blake named? (All the other sites etc...)


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[12 Points] ShulginsCat:

The relevant part:

"I actually talked to an American LE person who was involved in this and he told me from his perspective exactly how it happened. Apparently the Silk Road 2 guy wrote his name down somewhere. So, they brought him in and started asking him questions, and as soon as they started asking him questions he started naming names. They counted up to 16 names, and they went and arrested all those people and collected their computers, and then they put out a press release saying that they had an amazing tor attack."


[7 Points] throwawayz4dayzndayz:

Should have been called "Operation Low Hanging Fruit"


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[2 Points] ShulginsCat:

Isn't "the place he wrote his name down" the SR2 server? And doesn't the fact that they were able to find the real server (rather than the hidden service) indicate that they do in fact have an amazing tor attack?


[1 Points] ownowfuck:

I think most of the tech savvy amongst this sub-reddit were well aware of the procedure that was used here. No surprises for those who understand the TOR network and it's impact on U.S operations overseas.


[0 Points] None:

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