Claims

Qualified triples from the transcripts. Origin, speaker, and evidence stay attached. These are not independently verified facts.

CoyIM USES end-to-end encryption

The episode states that CoyIM had end-to-end encryption built in.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 163 Details

“This also had end-to-end encryption built in”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 11405–11449

Ola Bini USES LUKS

Ola says he used standard LUKS for his hard drives.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ola Bini EP 163 Details

“I was using just standard LUKS for the hard drives”

Ola Bini · offsets 48611–48661

Ola Bini USES KeePass

Ola says he used KeePass for his other passwords.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Ola Bini EP 163 Details

“I was just using KeePass for everything else.”

Ola Bini · offsets 48857–48902

Oak Cliff Swipers ASSOCIATED_WITH Oak Cliff

The Oak Cliff Swipers group is explicitly named after Oak Cliff, which Nathan calls his hood.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“we went and got our OCS for Oak Cliff Swipers”

Nathan Michael · offsets 59584–59629

EarthLink internal-information disclosure ATTRIBUTED_TO Nathan Michael

Nathan personally claims responsibility for hacking EarthLink and releasing internal documents.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I hacked EarthLink, bro.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 71720–71744

EarthLink internal-information disclosure COMPROMISES EarthLink

Nathan claims he hacked EarthLink and accessed internal company information, including executives’ emails.

Explicit Confidence 97% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I got into the company — the president of the company’s e-mails”

Nathan Michael · offsets 72267–72330

Darknet Diaries DEVELOPED_BY Jack Rhysider

Jack identifies himself as the maker of Darknet Diaries in the outro.

Explicit Confidence 97% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“This show is made by me, little byte, Jack Rhysider.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 93866–93918

EarthLink internal-information disclosure INVOLVES cjb.net

Nathan says he published confidential EarthLink material on the cjb.net website.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I put it on the cjb.net website”

Nathan Michael · offsets 72738–72769

Nathan Michael MEMBER_OF Oak Cliff Swipers

Nathan says he, his cousin, and a shopper formed a swiping clique called Oak Cliff Swipers.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“We had a little swiping clique called Oak Cliff Swipers.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 59631–59687

Nathan Michael USES manual card-number entry fraud

Nathan describes deliberately demagnetizing cards so Walmart staff would manually enter stolen card numbers.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I’ve demagnetized the strip on the card so that it would say they gotta punch it in.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 15663–15747

Nathan Michael USES Fargo printer

Jack says Nathan used a Fargo printer to make counterfeit payment cards.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 164 Details

“Nathan had a Fargo printer, which is a classic printer used to make IDs.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 32665–32737

Nathan Michael USES carding

Nathan describes himself as providing cards for shoppers who purchased merchandise with stolen card data.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I’m providing the cards.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 33945–33969

Nathan Michael USES PayPal

Nathan says he used stolen PayPal accounts to buy in-game gold; he also describes being scammed through PayPal chargebacks.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“we were buying it from them with stolen PayPals and shit.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 12892–12949

Nathan Michael USES MSR

Nathan says he used an MSR to write stolen card details onto blank payment cards.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 164 Details

“he used his MSR device to write the credit card details to the card.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 30051–30119

Nathan Michael USES Bluetooth

Nathan says later skimmers used Bluetooth to download collected card data.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“The later ones had Bluetooth. You just go Bluetooth to it; boop, download.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 23352–23426

Nathan Michael USES opsec

Nathan says he and his brother hesitated to use freshly skimmed cards while trying to maintain operational security.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I guess we were trying to do opsec on it.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 28768–28809

Nathan Michael USES MapQuest

Nathan says he used MapQuest to plan shoppers’ routes and stores.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“back then, it was MapQuest, right? I’d plan their whole route out for them”

Nathan Michael · offsets 39751–39825

Jack Rhysider USES Signal

Jack says he moved communications with Nathan to Signal for more private messaging.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 164 Details

“we should probably switch to Signal”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 2169–2204

Nathan Michael USES root kit virus

Nathan says he and his brother had a rootkit virus that stole gaming-platform accounts.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“we had a virus, a root kit virus that stole all the accounts for every gaming platform”

Nathan Michael · offsets 12717–12803

Nathan Michael USES Google Docs

Jack says Nathan stored stolen card data in a Google document.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 164 Details

“He was storing these cards in a Google doc”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 29952–29994

Nathan Michael USES Signal

Nathan communicated with Jack through Signal during the episode's interview arrangements.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 164 Details

“we should probably switch to Signal, which is a more private messaging app”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 2169–2243

Nathan Michael USES gas-pump skimming

Nathan says he placed a skimmer on a gas pump and left it there to collect card data.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I would just put it in there and let it sit for about a week.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 22190–22251

Nathan Michael USES Diablo II

Nathan says he sold Diablo II items and used Diablo II dupes as part of his online money-making activities.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“I was selling Diablo II items.”

Nathan Michael · offsets 8360–8390

Nathan Michael USES World of Warcraft gold laundering

Jack characterizes Nathan's use of World of Warcraft gold as a money-laundering mechanism for converting stolen PayPal funds into cash.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 164 Details

“he was using World of Warcraft gold as sort of a money-laundering mechanism”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 13411–13486

Nathan Michael USES ATM skimming

Nathan says he used skimmers on ATM machines, although capturing PINs was a problem.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Nathan Michael EP 164 Details

“we had ones on ATM machines, too, back in the days”

Nathan Michael · offsets 21140–21190