THE UPDATED +akula SNITCH FAQ (Rev 2002-06)
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THE UPDATED +akula SNITCH FAQ
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Does it strike anyone odd that +akula, the s00per L33t 0-day WaR3Z KuLt leader,
would be running to the cops so often?
Chapter 1: +akula's OWN WORDS
The Google NARChives and a compilation of +akula's own words, where
he threatens to RAT OUT fellow posters
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Chapter 2: THE DOMINION EXPOSURE
Playing both sides of the coin as both FBI informant and wAR3zK00K,
+akula is a legend in his own mind
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Chapter 3: +akula ADMITS CONTACT WITH NIPC & FBI AGENT KATHLEEN McCHESNEY
Mjølnër, author of the Usenet WarezFAQ at http://www.warezfaq.org
warns posters to watch their backs after documenting +akula's
contacts with the NIPC and an FBI agent responsible for warez busts
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Chapter 4: UFF COUNCIL RELEASES MAIL ANALYSIS
Correlation between +akula's inbox at alt.anonymous.messages and
United States Department of Justice busts of 11 December 2001 gets
leaked to the public
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Chapter 5: COMPULSIVE LIES AND DELIBERATE DISRUPTIONS
Creating turmoil in every group he infects, this snitch is also a
compulsive liar pretending to be the innocent victim of his actions
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Chapter 6: THE buTTie LIST
Meet and greet +akula's wonderful online friends
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APPENDIX A 4 May 2000 article from http://www.cybercrime.gov/pirates.htm
U.S. Indicts 17 in Alleged International Software Piracy Conspiracy
APPENDIX B PGP keys of 'akula' and FBI Special Agent Kathleen McChesney
APPENDIX C DOJ/CNN Google Reprints
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RECOGNIZE HIM: The most popular aliases +akula uses are 'srepsis',
'tiburón' and 'thresher'.
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CHAPTER 1: +akula's OWN WORDS
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akula tries to recruit fellow WaR3Z posters into finking to the Feds (and gets SPNAKed!)
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=3aeb40b6b1e47288&ic=1
akula trolls alt.drugs and sends tips to the DEA
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=919834066037391e&ic=1
akula narcs out an @Home user for posting a question about NewsAgent
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=xrUP4.8792%24PL4....@ozemail.com.au
akula threatens to turn in a hacker to the FBI
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=f0d806fc77b5002e&ic=1
akula turns in an anonymous remailer service to their local Police Department
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=a8b4c72fc89cbd4b&ic=1
akula admits to assisting Feds in investigating hackers
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=2000041307...@cotse.com
akula agrees to testify if the Feds bust anyone
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=news:3901D089&safe=off&as_mind=22&ic=1
akula admits he's an informant
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=c64b89528870086e&ic=1
Here are akula's own words:
From: tiburón...@sharks.plc.ltd (tiburón)
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:34:18 GMT
Message-ID: <3f3ad370ad....@news.sharks.plc.ltd>
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 13:14:24 -0400, Philibuster
<phili...@nym.alias.net> wrote in Message-ID:
<b4m8os8srv2l2oqjv...@news.philibuster.org>:
>You have further soiled yourself by stooping to the
>incredible level of mentioning cooperation with law
>enforcement types when the great majority of people
>you used to associate with have absolutely no wish
>to be anywhere near law enforcement for what seems to
>me to be pretty fucking obvious reasons. You painted
>an entire group of people including myself with a wide
>brush in the past calling us "hypocrites and fools"
>because we would not help you in your efforts to talk
>to the feds.
I asked for information and was told no. I respect that
and have not bothered you since. I'm somewhat surprised
that you are discussing something that has been encrypted
to this point in an unecrypted message, but at this
point - whatever.
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From: tiburón...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula))
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 02:48:10 -0000
Message-ID: <3f20010517024...@news1.sharks.plc.ltd>
On Thu, 17 May 2001 01:15:21 GMT, "Danny Davis" <dan...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>i used to work for government, and snitches werent tolerated at any lvl, so
>
*yawn*. That's b*llsh*t. The US Government rewards people who root out
waste, fraud and abuse.
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On 6 Sep 1999 08:53:02 -0500, ak...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote:
> The DEA might be interested in your pot growing operation.
> How quickly do you think you can remove all the evidence,
> desmond...@hotmail.com ?
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:29:52 GMT, sre...@subdimension.com ((akula))
wrote:
> The detective I work with buys my side of the story, and my
> newsgroup participation is monitored as a condition of my parole.
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, (akula) <2000.02.alt.b...@sharks.plc.ltd>
wrote in <3f38ba01c6.3035516439@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> I have your real life identity, and I will
> send it to the FBI if you attempt to carry
> through with your threat. Read the
> US Law on cancels: 18 USC Section 2701 -
> http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2701.html
>
> One year in jail, fines or both.
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On 23 Sep 1999 13:03:01 -0500, ak...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote:
> I simply presented documented facts to the Fort Lauderdale police
> about the unscrupulous tactics of a SPAMMER.
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On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 13:58:24 GMT,
2000.04.alt.b...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote:
> I'd appreciate it if ozemail would dig up the connection
> IP from their logs so I can forward it to the detective
> who is maintaining his file. That detective can issue an
> electronic supeonea and have the sender's identity within
> a few hours.
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 15:52:04 GMT, shark.not....@alt.net ((akula))
wrote:
> The LEA officers investigating denial of service
> attacks now consider me an asset - so much for
> that lame attempt at "getting me".
>
> +akula
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On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 19:09:54 GMT, ak...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote:
> That eventually led to law enformance interest in me, and why my
> nym was on thousands of NewAgent cancels and SPORGEs. It
> took almost 2 weeks, but they were obviously convinced that
> those were forgeries, and they gave me all of my equipment back.
> I was asked if I would testify if needed, and I agreed.
>
> That's why the word "snitch" is in the subject line.
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:41:34 GMT,
2000.07.alt.binar...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote in
<3f3a228b0e....@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> You want people to report you to Corel for violating the DCMA and NET
> laws and infringing on their copyright? Dwight has to cough you up if
> he is served with a supeona, and you face some pretty stiff penalties.
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:34:27 GMT, 2000.10.alt.b...@sharks.plc.ltd
((akula)) wrote in <3f3a3b333f....@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> Consider your AT&T account to be cancelled because of me
> PERSONALLY. Consider ALL of your webhosts so far to be killed
> because of me PERSONALLY.
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On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:17:12 GMT,
2001.01.alt.b...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote in
<3f3a64e7eb...@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> I've had some very useful exchanges with the folks at the
> Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
>
> The agents there are just people, not mystical beasts,
> and they only want confirmation of your identity. I
> did not have to give them anything more than my name
> and phone number.
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:00:49 GMT,
2001.02.alt.b...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote in
<3f3aaee5b0.3414176109@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> A much more effective tactic is to contact his domain name
> registrar and webhost. The SPA/BSA/et.al already know about
> him.
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 18:52:38 -0000, sre...@subdimension.com ((akula))
wrote in <3f20010628185...@news3.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> Where's that libel lawsuit, you booger-picking turd-licking crotch-
> scratching sleazeball?
>
> You may have been around for seven years, but you sure as hell didn't
> pay up on your business license until the Hallandale Beach PD paid a
> visit.
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On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 00:33:04 GMT, tiburón...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula))
wrote in <3f3ae0d959.12567100029@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> I may as well try to make this crystal clear.
>
> I report _some_ posters who engage in Usenet Abuse.
> If they commit Usenet Abuse in the groups in which
> I participate, they are far more likely to be reported
> to their newsadmin.
>
> The penalty for Usenet Abuse is losing your account,
> aka "TOSing".
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On Thu, 3 May 2001 14:10:23 -0000, tiburón...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula))
wrote in <3f20010503141...@news2.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> Why in Bob's name should anyone give a flying f**k what you think?
> The opinion of a snot-nosed potty-mouthed incessantly whining attention
> starved boring-as-Al-Gore poor-little-rich-girl means nothing to anyone.
>
> Newscene won't tolerate the BS that you've been spewing for long.
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On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 22:03:19 GMT, 2000.07.alt....@sharks.plc.ltd
((akula)) wrote:
> The decision to bring charges against you and your fellow
> botrunners is complex, but don't for one second think that
> it is not a very real possibility, and the NIPC has all
> of the information they need on you with just one exception.
> I and several other people continue to assist them with
> the last piece of the puzzle, and if asked, I'll enjoy
> testifying at your trial.
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2001 15:31:02 GMT, tiburón...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote
in <3f3aabbb4b.3062037019@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> The SPA, Microsoft, et.al., by and large do not care about Usenet.
> I have contacts on the NT Team and do get warning notices though.
>
> The FBI will not get involved in DCMA action except as part of
> a larger investigation.
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On Sat, 02 Dec 2000 20:44:16 GMT, sre...@subdimension.com (tiburón)
wrote in <3f3a295c49....@news.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> The software industry moles that I've discussed this with
> at conferences have confirmed to me that they won't post
> any copyright-challenged attachments or engage in Usenet
> abuse (they of course had no idea that I'm active in this
> part of Usenet).
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2001 20:19:34 -0000, tiburón...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula))
wrote in <3f20010407201...@news3.sharks.plc.ltd>:
> The legal issues revolve around the copyright laws. The author(s)
> of any software have rights with respect to the distribution of their
> works.
>
> Posters can be readily identified from posting logs and all news service
> providers in the USA are required to comply with the requirements of the
> Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The important point is that if the
> copyright holder complains to your service provider, you may lose your
> account. Push your luck or piss off the author, and you could face a
> $150,000 fine per incident.
>
> Most Usenet Service Providers do not log individual downloads unnless
> ordered to do so by legal means. The people who procure, crack, package,
> courier, and post are the most likely to get hit with legal action for
> copyright infringement.
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 20:06:31 GMT,
2000.12.alt.b...@sharks.plc.ltd ((akula)) wrote:
> I _can_ and _have_ gotten dozens of accounts terminated.
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CHAPTER 2: THE DOMINION EXPOSURE
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+akula, ledgerDeMain, gypsy and other members of the +akulaK00K KaMP nymshifted
and hid in alt.binaries.dominion.discussion in a lure to engage in copyright
infringement conspiracy. Their cover was blown.
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sre...@subdimension.com ((akula)) = re...@abdd.org (Carcharhinus Leucas)
ledgerDeMain <ma...@me.not.invalid> = Kane-i-kokala <ab...@use.net.invalid>
g <gy...@dont.you.dare.spam> = h <hyp...@aol.org.nut>
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From: re...@abdd.org (Carcharhinus Leucas)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.dominion.discussion
Subject: Re: Query
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:53:32 GMT
Message-ID: <3f3a9d46b...@news.sharks.plc.ltd>
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:50:00 -0800, Kane-i-kokala <ab...@use.net.invalid>
wrote:
>Granting that an "offshore" posting host is possible, how bullet-proof
>is this expected to be? I would think the path would be traceable. If
>a determined person or two were to report every post made to the
>appropriate software company, and also post complaints to the other
>servers in the path .. how would we fare?
>
Given "Path: news.alt.net!GAMMA.ru!news.sharkov.ua.POSTED!not-for-mail"
The complaints would have to go to ab...@sharkov.ua and would then be
examined by the newsadmin. The newsadmin, free of having to comply
with the DCMA and NET Act laws, could just ignore the complaints.
We don't want to work with a newsadmin who WON'T ignore those complaints.
The BSA/SPA/CCS/et.al can complain until the sharks come home, but the
newsadmin will ignore them. They would have to contact legal reps in the
country of origin, establish a basis for complaint, and then proceed with
legal action. All of this takes time, and the newadmin should warn us.
That's why I am emphasizing the *.sk, *.yu and other non-US/EU domains.
The Slovaks are a good choice, since they are wired into the EUnet backbone
and would be difficult to give the "Usenet Death Penalty", which is the
only other option the BSA/SPA/CCS/et.al have.
Ideally the server will handle more than warez and the packets we send
would not be traceable via "carnivore". The FBI dollar amount threshhold
for deploying "carnivore" could be gotten, but you can bet they won't roll
it out on a $250 app. The NSA and CIA won't care, and the FBI would have
trouble monitoring the news server anyway.
Make sense?
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From: re...@abdd.org (Carcharhinus Leucas)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.dominion.discussion
Subject: Re: Hello sailor
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:30:57 GMT
Message-ID: <3f3ac0b7ab...@news.sharks.plc.ltd>
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 13:06:57 GMT, h <hyp...@aol.org.nut> wrote:
>If I might make a suggestion - please change the "consistent" information
>in your headers or use a clean agent with different info if you really
>don't want to be "found." I dunno who has access to what resouces but
>after pulling headers in here, I used two resources and would have been
>able to find youze guys using either resource.
>
Well, they didn't find us the last time. If need be, we can go encrypted.
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CHAPTER 3: +akula ADMITS CONTACT WITH NIPC & FBI AGENT KATHLEEN McCHESNEY
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thre...@subdimension.com (also known as 'akula', 'srepsis', 'tiburón' and
hundreds of other nyms, both male and female) admitted direct association with
the National Infrastructure Protection Center. The NIPC serves as a national
law enforcement investigation and response entity. The mission of the NIPC is
to detect, deter, assess, warn, respond and investigate unlawful acts, support
law enforcement and coordinate training for investigators and prosecutors in
government and the private sector.
On 3 October 2001, +akula admitted his relationship with FBI Special Agent
Kathleen McChesney, located in Chicago during a string of famous online piracy
busts (some of McChesney's FBI activities are summarized in Appendix A below).
After +akula identified McChesney by her PGP key, an investigation disclosed
that +akula's own PGP key was signed by McChesney years earlier.
The PGP keys of +akula and Ms. McChesney appear in Appendix B below.
Read this if you're unfamiliar with the powerful strength of PGP:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ruggbr...@corp.supernews.com
The following two messages contain +akula's ADMITTED association with the NIPC
and FBI Special Agent Kathleen McChesney. Full headers have been included for
these posts, along with the pertinent bodies:
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Path: [.....] news.alt.net!deepsea!news4.sharks.plc.ltd.POSTED!mail2news
From: sre...@subdimension.com ((akula))
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: What is going on in here?
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 15:06:54 -0000
Organization: Sharks, Plc. LTD
Lines: 30
Message-ID: <3f20011104150...@news4.sharks.plc.ltd>
References: <3be72bb4...@news.alt.net>
X-Newsreader: Sharkzilla v1.0 Build 20010328
X-Complaints: Read http://www.altopia.net/polfaq.htm before you complain to ab...@alt.net
X-Contact: sre...@subdimension.com only if I request you do so, all other email is ignored.
X-No-Archive: yes
I didn't initiate the contact with the NIPC, the KOOKs did, but I'm sure
as hell going to use those contacts when I can to my advantage.
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Path: [.....] news.alt.net!deepsea!news3.sharks.plc.ltd.POSTED!mail2news
From: sre...@subdimension.com ((akula))
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: Thank you, Satan, for your public service.
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:04:43 -0000
Organization: Sharks, Plc. LTD
Lines: 44
Message-ID: <3f20011003210...@news3.sharks.plc.ltd>
References: <DD5XR5GC3716...@news.darkside.org>
X-Newsreader: Sharkzilla v1.0 Build 20010328
X-Complaints: Read http://www.altopia.net/polfaq.htm before you complain to ab...@alt.net
X-Contact: sre...@subdimension.com only if I request you do so, all other email is ignored.
X-No-Archive: yes
On 3 Oct 2001 20:38:22 -0000, sa...@darkside.org (Satan) wrote:
>You guys have been going about it all wrong, while I am not anti-warez I also am
How do you know I've "been going about it all wrong"? You don't.
Much of the animosity directed at me is precisely because of my contact with the
NIPC. Agent McChesney (PGP key 0xE322EFDC) is the person to discuss this with
if she's still at NIPC.
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WarezFAQ Author Mjølnër Gives Warning: "WATCH YOUR BACKS!"
["Mjølnër", a valued member of the Usenet warez community, is the primary
author of the Usenet WarezFAQ at http://www.warezfaq.org/ ]
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From: Mjølnër <mio...@ragnarok.org>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d,alt.2600.warez
Subject: Re: The Truth Mjølnër they is afriad to Handle!!
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 06:05:04 GMT
Message-ID: <nc1ncu0v77bkh95le...@ppn.ragnarok.org>
akula admitted he was in contact with her. That key was created a full
year before it was used to sign his. akula himself offered that key as
McChesney's key. At the time he did that he believed it was to his
advantage to announce his association with the FBI and offered her key,
with valid email address, as proof.
The conjecture is merely the reasonable position that a person in warez
ought not to be offering the FBI Agent in charge of busting software
pirates as a character reference, and that FBI Agent wouldn't sign his
pgp-key without a reason, and that reason ain't good for warez.
Remember, you can't deny McChesney or the key- akula himself admits them.
All the facts I have offered have been verified by akula himself.
The facts offered are:
1: McChesney's key was created in 1998
2: That key was used to sign akula's key in 1999
3: akula himself acknowledged this, and offered the information publicly.
The difference is that he represented her as being at the NIPC rather
than the Chicago Field Office of the FBI, where she was in charge of the
team working on software piracy. Not at the NIPC, as he said. This
information didn't come out until it was in the news, when she busted
Fairlight in May 2000.
None of those are lies, they are all facts.
You may not choose to believe any or all of them, but they are all true.
You can say that McChesney's key is forged, but then whoever forged it did
that a year before it was used to sign akula's key.
That is not irrelevant, it is important to know that the key wasn't
created for that purpose at that time. It was already in existence. It is
not crucial, but it is important.
What is crucial is that akula himself offered that key id# as being hers,
when he stated that he was in touch with her. In other words, akula
VERIFIED that key was hers.
Before you can prove it is not, you have to prove that akula is a forger
and a liar.
Until you do that, the key stands as hers, as a valid FBI Agent's key.
Note that he claimed contact with her, and his key was signed by her, a
year BEFORE Fairlight was busted.
That is a year BEFORE she became a public figure in the anti-piracy cases.
Search the web for her, you will not find her presence before that. So she
was not a public person before that. akula acknowledged knowing her, and
announced she had signed his pgp-key, a year before anyone else knew who
the fuck she even was.
akula attested to that fact. And the fact that he picked a name that no
one knew before the Fairlight bust, a year later, makes it pretty clear
that there WAS contact, as he stated, just not the sort of contact he was
claiming.
Explain why anyone would create a pgp in the name of an obscure FBI Agent
in 1998. An FBI Agent that no one knew from adam, and in 1999 use it to
sign akula's key.
Remember that no one knew who she was then.
No one knew she was working on busting software piracy until May 2000.
So who had the crystal ball in 1998 to create that key?
Why did akula himself announce his contact with Agent McChesney?
Why did akula himself offer THAT key as her key. The key of the Agent with
whom he was in personal contact?
You have to ask akula why he would name her. You have to ask akula why he
offered up that key as hers. A year before anyone even knew who the fuck
she was.
The DOD Bust was later, I only referenced the 2000 and 2001 busts of
Fairlight and PWA. Fairlight is what was written, IIRC. If it was Fastlane,
WTF is the difference? The fact is that a group was busted by her, that is
the point that is being made. Who gives a fuck how it's spelled?
Did he have a crystal ball? Did his crystal ball tell him in 1998 to
create a pgp key in the name of an obscure FBI Agent, whom no one knew of,
and a year later, to use that key to sign his own? He said he knows her.
He posted the ID himself.
--
Mjølnër
The WebFAQ Team ®
Usenet the way it ought to be!
http://www.warezfaq.org
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From: Mjølnër <mio...@ragnarok.org>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: WARNING: NARC AMONG US !!
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 03:13:37 GMT
Message-ID: <c9hhcuota1heh9h59...@ppn.ragnarok.org>
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:17:52 GMT, Zeke <ho...@atthemoon.org> in
<MPG.173212692...@netnews.att.net> wrote:
>In article <73lgcu4duqnpf44ud...@4ax.com>...
>>
>> I noticed his buttie akookla has ignored the fact that his PGP key is
>> signed by a Federal Agent directly connected to anti-piracy efforts.
>
>Now ain't that something....someone who claims to want to share warez is
>hooked up with the task force trying to prosecute people for same.
>
akookla is a federal informant who has deeply penetrated the warez/cracks
scene.
The federal informant, akula, is the one to concentrate on. He is the only
one we know is working for the FBI.
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WarezFAQ Author Mjølnër Gives Blind Bob a SPNAK
["Blind Bob" is an +akulaK00K KaMP member from San Antonio, Texas. Also
known as "Tuberosity", he changed his nym numerous times to evade losing
his posting privileges for Usenet abuse.]
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From: Mjølnër <mio...@ragnarok.org>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: UFF Council Releases Mail Analysis (full of insightful analysis)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 23:20:44 GMT
Message-ID: <7hnjcu8a5htvpgcof...@ppn.ragnarok.org>
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 22:42:00 GMT, Blind Bob <bb...@espy.org> in
<YIky8.190627$3L2.16...@bin7.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com> wrote:
>All in all, you have to admit it's pretty funny. It took the tards this long
>to figure out something that's been attached to your key for years and that
>has been discussed before. Then they act like it's some sort of revelation.
>
>Who knows, in a couple years they may announce that , "Clinton, isn't pres.
>anymore."
We might even announce that you suck akula's dick. Only everyone already knows
that too.
But you didn't explain why the FBI Special Agent who was busting all those
warez/crack release groups shortly after signing akookla's key, ever signed his
key!
No, you didn't explain that at all.
Explain it.
Bet you that you cant.
Because there is *NO* reasonable explanation for her doing that. Not one that
anyone not already brain-dead would believe. Tell us all there, Bobbo, tell us
why an FBI Special Agent (in charge of the Chicago Field Office at the time)
signed his key. The SAME Special Agent who was busting warez and crack groups!
The SAME Special Agent who a few months later busted Fairlight and then PWA!
Probably no one at the FBI has had to come up with an explanation for the likes
of you, who simply believes whatever he's told.
You are too fucking dumb for words.
You chose the right nym, kid. "Blind Bob" suits you to a 'T'! You couldn't see
an aircraft carrier in your bath tub.
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Says WarezFAQ Author Mjølnër: "Clear as Crystal"
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From: Mjølnër <mio...@ragnarok.org>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: UFF Council Releases Mail Analysis (full of insightful analysis)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 23:49:35 GMT
Message-ID: <1hpjcugstgbdffaf4...@ppn.ragnarok.org>
akookla is working for/with the FBI, that is clear as crystal. And these
assholes continue to suck-up to him, and buy any story he hands out, no matter
how patently ridiculous or impossible it might be.
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WaR3zKuLT Exposed: THE FBI THREADS
The amazing Google reprint of +akula's attempt to engage others in CONSPIRACY
TO COMMIT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=25-to...@fbi.gov
"observer" offers these comments to +akula after reading that Google article
(and before +akula's FBI activities were publicized):
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From: observer <obse...@nowhere.com>
Subject: Attn: Akula
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:51:25 -0500
Organization: Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - http://www.altopia.com
Message-ID: <hc9sbtg1v1nj57t9b...@4ax.com>
Akula:
I am neither a friend or an enemy. I merely disagree with you.
Until now. that is.
Batty has you: It's game, set and match.
The thread he has posted is undeniably yours. I have gone back into
dominion and looked at them and they are attributable to you and your
group. You talk about evading the law and how to do it. There is a
name for that, but I'm not an attorney so I won't go there.
I don't see any point in going into how you manipulate your followers
into participating in your schemes. You did it with Vrodok a year ago
and now you are getting them involved in your latest escapade. This
time however, there are legal implications.
I don't think that you can any longer be reasoned with. Your obsession
has blinded you to reason and logic.
I am posting this so that your followers can consider what steps they
can take to protect themselves.
If I were in their shoes, I would seek help from competent legal
counsel.
Were I you, I would disappear from Usenet.
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CHAPTER 4: UFF COUNCIL RELEASES MAIL ANALYSIS
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Following is a reprint of an article posted by UFF Press on 26 April 2002:
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UFF PRESS, 26 April 2002 -- Formerly classified as
internal for UFF use only, The UFF Council released
for public inspection today a December analysis of
akula mail intake in alt.anonymous.messages which
reveals a disturbing trend.
The graph shows the number of incoming mail messages
sent to akula in alt.anonymous.messages steadily
increased to 8 times its average daily volume during
the 7 days PRIOR to the FBI bust announcement of 11
December 2001, then decreased 61% immediately after
the bust was made public.
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/December/01_crm_643.htm
''If the intentions of akula were as stated we would
have expected to see the inverse, that is, the
number of incoming mail messages should have
increased AFTER the announcement of the bust, not
before, as he would need to communicate with his
many posters to determine if they were safe and if
0-day posting would be adversely affected. Instead,
we see the exact opposite,'' said in part the
memorandum which accompanied the original delivery
of the analysis to The UFF Council last December.
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The original article of UFF Press contained a GIF image appended at the bottom.
That image was Base64 encoded for storage on Google and has been archived here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=IMGakmail.gif@b64
This would not be the first time akula magically had 'inside information' about
a warez bust BEFORE it happened. Please read "The Schwarzenegger Cover-Up":
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=31d1bcb53650f601&ic=1
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CHAPTER 5: COMPULSIVE LIES AND DELIBERATE DISRUPTIONS
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The simple +akulaK00K KaMP game plan is disrupting the flow of warez while
pretending to promote the flow of warez. Narcing and post halting appear to be
two of many desired consequences of the resultant chaos.
Here's how it works:
+akula, a compulsive liar, maintains the set strategy of setting himself up as
self-appointed moderator of a functioning warez or cracks group. He establishes
a fake set of rules that no one could possibly abide by and threatens to halt
all posts when the rules predictably get violated, effectively insuring MAXIMUM
DISRUPTION, MAXIMUM DOWNTIME and MINIMUM WAREZ. When called on it, +akula
assumes the role of innocent victim and Usenet Abuse Fighter and, if necessary,
moves elsewhere to repeat the procedure.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=wCFs8.61844$r7.51...@bin8.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com
If your group has been infected by +akula, it is important that you recognize
some of the many +akula techniques and lies that have been exposed:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=compuls...@akula.edu
After +akula was forcefully removed from alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.0-day, he
made one final resurrection attempt via a post stating people had a 'choice'
taken away from them. See for yourself what 'choice' +akula gave to the people
and what life was like in alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.0-day when the +akulaK00K
KaMP regime was in power:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=KK@choicereturn
These continual lies and deliberate disruptions have resulted in gigabytes of
warez, perhaps even terabytes of warez, NOT getting posted.
Usenet veterans Tripp and ClassAct bootfucked +akula before his law enforcement
connections were exposed, and Philibuster joined in:
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From: "Tripp" <Me...@petitmorte.nospam.not>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: Useful kill-filter expressions
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:50:37 -0500
Message-ID: <97trov$s27$8...@dosa.alt.net>
You are so fucking delusional, that's the problem. The world will survive
without you. Everyone in the warez world will be much better off without a
pile of shit like you to attract all these fucking flies. The problem is
you and not them. When you have a problem with rats, you get rid of the
trash that feeds them (you). They want you out of here. So do I. Take a
permanent vacation from the dictatorship. Go back to *.cracks and peddle
your Napoleon totalitarian attitude there. You've really lost it.
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From: Clas...@iplweb.org
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: It just doesn't work
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:03:15 -0600
Message-ID: <qv1e7t4ro63ovrtrg...@news.alt.net>
That axe swings both ways, and you're a damned fool if you continue to
swing it, because you're going to kill everyone in sight. You're leading
everyone who will follow into disaster. Can you see the damage you're
causing? Nobody elected you the park ranger. More bluntly I don't want you
as park ranger, the collateral damage is too high. You're just going to
keep killing us until there's nothing left. Brilliant. Way to go. I'm so
glad we elected you for this. Oh, wait, we didn't.
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From: Philibuster <phili...@nym.alias.net>
Newsgroups: alt.ipl.discussion
Subject: Re: Still having those temper tantrums are you?
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 18:52:54 -0500
Message-ID: <plc58uopjhd5uco2b...@news.philibuster.org>
I believe that akula has gone off the edge.
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CHAPTER 6: THE buTTie LIST
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The obvious question: WHO WOULD SUPPORT +akula, and WHY ??
+akula's "flock of sheep" are typically emotionally disturbed people who will
do ANYTHING to be part of a clique, even lie through their teeth.
Most are poor or unemployed, and many take pills and medications regularly.
"Doc", a regular in alt.barefoot, was the only person in the last several years
who is outside of +akula's clique and stood up to defend +akula's actions. This
link tells you more than you ever wanted to know about him:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=62qllssc4duj7tioe...@4ax.com
Get to know +akula's wonderful online friends:
Tazmanic: Depressed, arrogant bully who threatened to NARC warez posters
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9718a9eff98ce422&ic=1
Degaussed: A-k-a "XtrmBrdr", it's no surprise he's close buTTies with Tazmanic
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3a38d442...@news.alt.net
Vrodok the Troll: Reformed drunk who works nights at a manual labor job
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Vro...@Q.edu
ledgerDeMain: Professional word twister with a pocket dictionary
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ldmSPNAK@bushwa
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ldmSPNAK@indict
anadvocate: Pedophile who maintained the FAQ on alt.stories.incest
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=anadvo...@PedoU.edu
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3C447912...@somewhere.net
Tony "Clueless Luke" Soprano: Neurotic pill-popper with blocked brain fluid
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=soprano@faq
TheApostle: Illiterate Usenet abuser who trolls, sporges and NARCs
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=l7p69uo6n4ega6jlc...@4ax.com
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=TheApostle+fuck
WYLTK: Proven liar, gun nut and piper methysticum inhaler
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=WYLTK...@UFF.edu
gypsy: Despised netcop of the MP3 hierarchy
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=8b7255f595de8c8e&ic=1
relworP: Computer worker on the unemployment line
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=9088EAC58Na...@207.126.101.100
Firewalker: Admitted nymshifter who enjoys using the word "cunt"
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Firew...@Q.edu
tally (savalas) bon-bon: Suicidal loner who got mugged on Thanksgiving
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=TALLY@EXPOSED
WARNING:
The nym "crc.checked.good.before.posting.@lt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc (abwi)" has
been jointly adopted by several of these individuals in their efforts to
maliciously disrupt the flow of warez in alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc by violating
all common Usenet principles and practices regarding subject lines. +akula
himself, "ledgerDeMain" and "Vrodok the Troll" are among those who have taken
turns causing disruption under this nym by hijacking open Usenetserver proxies
shared secretly amongst each other. Various "One Hit Wonder" posts from
Giganews and other providers, made by +akula supporters under different nyms,
frequently appeared to promote and generate support for the "abwi" puppet,
which as of the date of this FAQ was filtered out for abuse by Supernews admin
Jeremy Nixon.
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-/-
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APPENDIX A:
4 May 2000 article extracted from http://www.cybercrime.gov/pirates.htm
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U.S. INDICTS 17 IN ALLEGED INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE PIRACY CONSPIRACY
May 4, 2000
CHICAGO. Seventeen defendants from across the United States and Europe
were indicted by a federal grand jury today for allegedly conspiring to
infringe the copyright of more than 5,000 computer software programs
that were available through a hidden Internet site that was located at
a university in Quebec, Canada, the Justice Department announced.
Twelve of the defendants, including an Aurora, Ill., man, allegedly
were members or leaders of an international organization of software
pirates known as "Pirates with Attitudes," an underground group that
disseminates stolen copies of software, including programs that are not
yet commercially available. The remaining five defendants were
employees of Intel Corp., four of whom allegedly supplied computer
hardware to the piracy organization in exchange for obtaining access
for themselves and other Intel employees to the group’s pirated
software, which had a retail value in excess of $1 million. Today’s
indictment is the result of an investigation that became public with
the Feb. 3 arrest of the lead defendant Robin Rothberg, of North
Chelmsford, Ma., who is identified as a "council" member, or leader, of
PWA. The indictment was announced by Scott R. Lassar, United States
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Kathleen McChesney,
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Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Federal
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Bureau of Investigation. The investigation is continuing, they said.
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"This group is one of the oldest and most sophisticated networks of
software pirates anywhere in the world," Mr. Lassar said, adding that
"these defendants are accused of illegally reproducing copyrighted
software and distributing it over the Internet."
"This is the most significant investigation of copyright infringement
involving the use of the Internet conducted to date by the FBI," said
Ms. McChesney. "It demonstrates the FBI's ability to successfully
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investigate very sophisticated on-line criminal activity."
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APPENDIX B:
PGP Keys of akula <ro...@news.radio.cz>, Kathleen McChesney <kmcch...@fbi.gov>
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akula <ro...@news.radio.cz> 03/17/1998
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APPENDIX C:
DOJ/CNN Google Reprints
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Several DOJ/CNN articles have been memorialized on Google in the event their
original URLs become inactive.
US Department of Justice
Federal Law Enforcement Targets International Internet Piracy Syndicates
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION URL:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/December/01_crm_643.htm
A FULL REPRINT IS AVAILABLE HERE:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=aai3ev$gik$3...@news1.kornet.net
US Department of Justice
Nine Indicted in Chicago in $1 Million "Fastlane" Software Piracy Conspiracy
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION URL:
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/fastlane.htm
A FULL REPRINT IS AVAILABLE HERE:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=aai3fd$gik$4...@news1.kornet.net
CNN Cable News Network
17 Indicted in Alleged Software Theft Scam
ORIGINAL PUBLICATION URL:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/05/software.pirates/
A FULL REPRINT IS AVAILABLE HERE:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=aai3fp$gik$5...@news1.kornet.net
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RECOMMENDED READING
People who enjoyed this Google article also read these:
Once a Lying +aK00Kla, ALWAYS a Lying +aK00Kla
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=compuls...@akula.edu
KuLT KLaSSiK: "Since When Did Akula"
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=KK@sincewhen
Warez Gods to +akula: "GET LOST, Freak!!"
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e5f3f8a2c0735edf&ic=1
KuLT KLaSSiK: "Returning the Choice"
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=KK@choicereturn
akula's buTTie TazManic Threatens to NARC Warez Posters
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=9718a9eff98ce422&ic=1
The Schwarzenegger Cover-Up
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=31d1bcb53650f601&ic=1
WaR3zKuLT ExPoS3D: The FBI Threads
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=25-to...@fbi.gov
The FAQ on FAQ Thumpers
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=af968b8ffa6cd870&ic=1
Cyberstalkers, Control Freaks and Self-Appointed Usenet Cops
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=2bc6633e7bf066e0&ic=1
The 7-Line Test: +aK00Kla Bullies Sick Child Released from Hospital
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=c4e1d2c58baa7c35&ic=1
aK00Kla Forges a Florida Drivers License
http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4d53d709d082dddb&ic=1
340 Gives +aK00Kla a Good SPNAK
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3...@UFF.edu
The Indictment of ledgerDeMain
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=ldmSPNAK@indict
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From: sre...@subdimension.com ((akula))
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.d
Subject: Re: Not so great an Idea
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:09:03 -0000
Message-ID: <3f20020306170...@news1.sharks.plc.ltd>
Hold me accountable for my messages.
--
"If it looks like a k00k and quacks like a k00k..."
-ClassAct, IPL
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The Updated +akula SNITCH FAQ Rev. 2002-06 © 2002 UFF