QWK DEVELOPED_BY Mark Herring
The episode states that Mark Herring developed the QWK protocol.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Imposter EP 106 Details
“he eventually developed a QWK protocol”
Person
person:mark_herring
Tennessee-based computer consultant and technology enthusiast whose @Tennessee Twitter account became the target of a swatting attack; he died after the police response.
Tennessee-based computer consultant and technology enthusiast whose @Tennessee Twitter account became the target of a swatting attack; he died after the police response.
“Mark is from Tennessee and was sixty years old in 2020 when this happened.”
“Mark Herring died from the heart attack.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | bulletin board systems | Explicit | 106 |
| outgoing | USES | Explicit | 106 | |
| outgoing | USES | @Tennessee | Explicit | 106 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | QWK | Explicit | 106 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Mark Herring swatting incident | Explicit | 106 |
| incoming | LEADS_TO | Mark Herring swatting incident | Explicit | 106 |
QWK DEVELOPED_BY Mark Herring
The episode states that Mark Herring developed the QWK protocol.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Imposter EP 106 Details
“he eventually developed a QWK protocol”
Mark Herring USES bulletin board systems
Mark Herring used bulletin board systems and connected to his first bulletin board in 1979.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Operator1 EP 106 Details
“I actually connected to my first bulletin board until March of 1979”
Mark Herring USES Twitter
Mark registered for a Twitter account in 2007.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“Mark registered for an account at the site”
Mark Herring USES @Tennessee
Mark chose @Tennessee as his Twitter username because he lived in and loved Tennessee.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“he chose the username @Tennessee because he lived in and loved the state of Tennessee”
Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES Mark Herring
The false emergency was directed at Mark Herring's home and impersonated him.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“That was not Mark Herring who made this call”
Mark Herring swatting incident LEADS_TO Mark Herring
The episode states that Mark Herring suffered a fatal heart attack during the police response and died.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“As he stood up, on the other side, he had a heart attack and collapsed”
“Mark Herring died from the heart attack”