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Operation Whirlpool

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Operation devised by Shannen Rossmiller and Brent Ashley involving malware disguised as documents and distributed through the Jihadist Encyclopedia.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing DEVELOPED_BY Shannen Rossmiller Explicit 145
outgoing DEVELOPED_BY Brent Ashley Explicit 145
outgoing INVOLVES key-logger Explicit 145

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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”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 19705–19823

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”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 19737–19823

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”