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Shannen Rossmiller ASSOCIATED_WITH Abu Zeida
Shannen created and operated an online persona called Abu Zeida while infiltrating jihadist forums.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“Shannen created an online persona, calling herself Abu Zeida.”
Shannen Rossmiller AUTHORED The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary American Mother is Bringing Terrorists to Justice
Shannen Rossmiller published a book about her counter-terrorism journey.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“Shannen Rossmiller published a book about her journey called The Unexpected Patriot: How an Ordinary American Mother is Bringing Terrorists to Justice.”
Jihadist Encyclopedia CONTAINS key-logger
Shannen and Brent packaged the key-logger inside a zip file and added it to the Jihadist Encyclopedia.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“They packaged it up, nestled neatly inside a zip file, and called it something interesting to entice people to open it, then uploaded it to the Jihad Encyclopedia”
Operation Whirlpool DEVELOPED_BY Brent Ashley
Brent helped develop Operation Whirlpool using his software-development skills.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“a plan utilizing Brent’s software developer skills. They called it Operation Whirlpool”
Operation Whirlpool DEVELOPED_BY Shannen Rossmiller
Shannen and Brent came up with Operation Whirlpool, an operation involving malware-based monitoring of suspected terrorists.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“between them, they came up with a plan utilizing Brent’s software developer skills. They called it Operation Whirlpool”
key-logger DEVELOPED_BY Brent Ashley
Brent finished the key-logger spy program used in Operation Whirlpool.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“So, Brent finished up this little spy program”
Michael Curtis Reynolds DISCOVERED_BY Shannen Rossmiller
Shannen identified the person behind the Longtermonly2 account as Michael Curtis Reynolds and built a dossier on him.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“in there buried in the header was another name; Michael Reynolds.”
Ryan Anderson DISCOVERED_BY Shannen Rossmiller
Shannen identified Amir Abdul Rashid's real identity as Ryan Anderson through online investigation.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“from there she’s able to discover that Rashid’s real name is Ryan Anderson.”
Operation Whirlpool INVOLVES key-logger
Operation Whirlpool used a key-logger to record keystrokes and upload the captured information.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“The plan was to put some malware on a potential terrorist’s computer, a key-logger”
Shannen Rossmiller MEMBER_OF 7-Seas Global Intelligence Security Team
Shannen joined the group formed by seven members from seven countries to share information about Al-Qaeda and extremist forums.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“They formed a group and called themselves the 7-Seas Global Intelligence Security Team”
Osama bin Laden MEMBER_OF Al-Qaeda
Jack describes Osama Bin Laden as the leader of Al-Qaeda.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“He was the leader of a global terrorist group, Al-Qaeda.”
Abu Zeida MEMBER_OF Army of the Righteous
The Abu Zeida persona claimed to be part of the Army of the Righteous; this was an undercover claim rather than an established real affiliation.
Uncertain Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“her made-up persona Abu Zeida was claiming to be part of it”
Brent Ashley MEMBER_OF 7-Seas Global Intelligence Security Team
Brent Ashley was a member of the 7-Seas group and worked with Shannen on identifying terrorist threats.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“One member of the 7-Seas group that she got on well with was a guy named Brent Ashley.”
Shannen Rossmiller MENTIONS SpyCast
Jack mentions SpyCast as the podcast that interviewed Shannen in 2011.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“the podcast SpyCast did an interview with her back in 2011”
Shannen Rossmiller USES proxy
Shannen used proxies to conceal her Montana location and make her online personas appear to connect from elsewhere.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“She learned what a proxy was and how to connect to one and appear to be coming from Canada.”
Shannen Rossmiller USES key-logger
Shannen used the key-logger with Brent to collect keystrokes and communications from targets' computers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 145 Details
“she was the one that infiltrated these forums herself and was getting all this information because of the malware that she planted on different jihadist’s computers”
Weeping Angel AFFECTS Samsung smart TV
Weeping Angel is described as spyware for Samsung smart TVs that records microphone audio.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 146 Details
“they developed some kind of spyware for the Samsung smart TV, where it would record the audio from the mic”
ANOM AFFECTS End-to-end encryption
Although Anom was described as end-to-end encrypted, the messages were also encrypted to Anom's servers through the hidden contact.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 146 Details
“it was also end-to-end encrypted directly to Anom servers.”
ANOM ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation
According to Randy Grossman, Anom devices were operated by the FBI.
Attributed Confidence 99% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details
“But the devices were actually operated by the FBI.”
Mass surveillance ASSOCIATED_WITH Operation Trojan Shield
Jack characterizes the collection of all messages from all Anom users as a mass-surveillance aspect of the operation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 146 Details
“what’s different about this story is the mass-surveillance aspect to it. All messages for all users were being collected and stored.”
Operation Trojan Shield ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation
The operation is described as a San Diego-based FBI investigation.
Attributed Confidence 90% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details
“This was an unprecedented operation”
Afgoo ASSOCIATED_WITH Hakan Ayik
Joseph says Afgoo was connected to Hakan Ayik.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“They were connected to a very well-known criminal called Hakan Ayik”
Joseph Cox AUTHORED Dark Wire
Joseph identifies himself as the author of Dark Wire.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“My name is Joseph Cox. I’m the author of Dark Wire”
Weeping Angel DEVELOPED_BY Central Intelligence Agency
Jack says the CIA developed Weeping Angel.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 146 Details
“There’s a thing that the CIA developed called Weeping Angel.”
Hola iBot DEVELOPED_BY Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hola iBot was developed in-house by FBI computer scientists as Anom's surveillance interface.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“Hola iBot was developed by FBI computer scientists. It was made in-house as basically the surveillance interface of Anom.”