Person

Cameron

person:cameron Also: Cam

The episode’s principal subject, a UK-based former teenage hacker who later worked in cybersecurity.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES Low Orbit Ion Cannon Explicit 62
outgoing USES Malicious link lure Derived 62
outgoing USES Network traffic sniffing Derived 62
outgoing USES Stressor Explicit 62
outgoing TARGETS SeaWorld Explicit 62
outgoing USES NTP amplification attack Explicit 62
outgoing MEMBER_OF Cyber Security Associates Explicit 62
outgoing USES Security Information and Event Manager Explicit 62
outgoing USES firewall Explicit 62
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH Bomb-threat allegations against US targets Uncertain 62

Claims

Cameron USES Low Orbit Ion Cannon

Cam says he began using LOIC to attack opponents after learning how to disconnect them from the internet.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“I started LOIC.”

Cameron · offsets 3047–3062

Cameron USES Malicious link lure

Cam used a deceptive link, presented as evidence of wrongdoing, to persuade opponents to click it.

Derived Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 62 Details

“His plan was to send his victim a link to a website that he had control over”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 4072–4148

Cameron USES Network traffic sniffing

Cam connected the PlayStation through a computer and sniffed traffic to identify opponents' IP addresses.

Derived Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 62 Details

“he’d watch all the IP addresses connecting to his PS3 in the game”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 7914–7979

Cameron USES Stressor

Cam says another participant in Operation Fun Kill gave him a free stressor, which he used to conduct attacks.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“I was given a free stressor by someone that I knew.”

Cameron · offsets 11214–11265

Cameron TARGETS SeaWorld

Cam repeatedly used denial-of-service attacks against SeaWorld because of his objections to its treatment of animals.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“I just basically started pressing buttons.”

Cameron · offsets 14344–14386

“Sea World. He just sends me this entire attack list that they’re all going for.”

Cameron · offsets 14219–14299

Cameron USES NTP amplification attack

Cam used an NTP amplification attack against the Devon and Cornwall Police website.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“I DDossed it, sorry, with an NTP attack.”

Cameron · offsets 24821–24861

Cameron MEMBER_OF Cyber Security Associates

Cam works at Cyber Security Associates as a senior SOC analyst / security professional.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 62 Details

“Cam got the job at CSA”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 46763–46785

“I’m a senior SOC analyst.”

Cameron · offsets 56985–57010

Cameron USES Security Information and Event Manager

Cam's apprenticeship included monitoring a Security Information and Event Manager system.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“they gave me an apprenticeship in networking security and then monitoring on the SIEM”

Cameron · offsets 37636–37721

Cameron USES firewall

Cam says his security work included firewall management.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“we did like, SIEM monitoring, firewall management”

Cameron · offsets 38853–38902

Bomb-threat allegations against US targets ASSOCIATED_WITH Cameron

Cam was convicted in connection with the bomb-threat allegations, although he says he had nothing to do with them and denied sending the relevant tweet.

Uncertain Confidence 87% · Cameron EP 62 Details

“I got charged for the bomb threats as well.”

Cameron · offsets 33653–33696

“He tells me he had nothing to do with these bomb threats”