Jack Rhysider AUTHORED Darknet Diaries
Jack says the show is made by him.
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“This show is made by me, zero hot Jack Rhysider”
Episode
19 March 2019 Official episode · Official transcript
cybercrime
The episode covers revenge-porn websites, unauthorized access to celebrity iCloud accounts, phishing and brute-force techniques, the Fappening/Celeb Gate leaks, and subsequent legal and platform-policy responses.
Topics: Unauthorized access to cloud accounts, Phishing and credential harvesting, Cloned login pages, Brute-force password attacks, Account lockout bypass, Open-source intelligence gathering, Social engineering, Cloud backup exposure, Anonymous image boards, Celebrity-account compromise, Private trading and public disclosure of stolen data, DMCA takedown processes, Platform moderation and policy changes, Revenge-porn legislation and criminalization
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Jack Rhysider AUTHORED Darknet Diaries
Jack says the show is made by him.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 34 Details
“This show is made by me, zero hot Jack Rhysider”
yougotposted.com DEVELOPED_BY Kevin Bollaert
Kevin made and operated yougotposted.com as a site for anonymous users to upload revenge porn.
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“Kevin’s website yougotposted.com was growing bigger and bigger.”
changemyreputation.com DEVELOPED_BY Kevin Bollaert
Kevin created changemyreputation.com to charge people for removing images from yougotposted.com.
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“Kevin created a second site, changemyreputation.com”
isanyoneup.com DEVELOPED_BY Hunter Moore
Hunter took an old domain and published nude photos there, later turning it into an anonymous revenge-porn posting site.
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“Hunter took an old domain he had lying around called isanyoneup.com and published those photos there.”
Hunter Moore ASSOCIATED_WITH revenge porn
Jack says Hunter helped popularize the term revenge porn, while describing Hunter’s site as a venue for such material.
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“I think it was actually Hunter [00:20:00] who now popularized it.”
Anon-IB ASSOCIATED_WITH revenge porn
Anon-IB became a destination for revenge porn and stolen nude images.
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“Anon-IB was now becoming the go-to place for revenge porn and also to post stolen nudes.”
STOL ASSOCIATED_WITH revenge porn
STOL was dedicated to stolen nude photos; Jack says it was not quite revenge porn.
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“It’s not quite revenge porn; maybe stolen porn?”
Gary Jones ASSOCIATED_WITH Hunter Moore
Gary said Hunter offered him money, and the episode presents Gary as the hacker working with Hunter to obtain images.
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“He offered me money.”
Gary Jones EXPLOITS unauthorized access to a computer
Gary is described as hacking into victims’ accounts and later discussing the operation that obtained their images.
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“The FBI investigated the case and found in fact there was someone hacking into people’s accounts.”
Apple iCloud phishing campaign INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA phishing
The celebrity-account campaign obtained initial access through phishing emails and cloned login pages.
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“the hacks were done by targeting individual people and then sending phishing e-mails to get into their iCloud logins.”
Apple iCloud phishing campaign INVOLVES credential harvesting
The cloned iCloud page captured usernames and passwords in clear text.
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“it would save that in clear text so the hacker could see it”
Apple iCloud phishing campaign INVOLVES targeted open source intelligence-gathering
Attackers researched specific celebrities to find their email addresses and account-related information.
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“First they did targeted open source intelligence-gathering on specific celebrities to try to find their e-mail address.”
Apple iCloud phishing campaign INVOLVES Brute-force attack
Some attackers used iDict to cycle through commonly used passwords against iCloud accounts.
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“Basically it’s a brute force login tool.”
Social-Engineer Toolkit USES social engineering
The Social-Engineer Toolkit was described as a tool for creating the cloned login page and social-engineering victims.
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“the social engineering toolkit which is a popular hacking tool designed to social engineer a victim”
iDict USES Brute-force attack
iDict performs brute-force login attempts against an iCloud username and can bypass the lockout mechanism, according to the episode.
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“iDict was somehow able to bypass that lockout mechanism.”
ElcomSoft was used to copy data from an iCloud storage account after obtaining the login information.
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“they can use a tool like ElcomSoft to simply copy everything off that iCloud storage account.”
The episode describes iCloud as Apple’s service.
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“the hacker would send an e-mail to the celebrity claiming to be from Apple’s iCloud service”
The Fappening SAME_AS Celeb Gate
The episode says the massive celebrity nude leak was called The Fappening and that news outlets called it Celeb Gate.
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“People started calling this massive leak of photos The Fappening.”
“news outlets thought the term The Fappening was disrespectful to the victims and they called it Celeb Gate.”
The Fappening INVOLVES Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence’s account and nude photos were among the celebrity accounts and images involved in the leak.
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“Jennifer Lawrence’s account”
The Fappening INVOLVES 4Chan
The collector publicly posted the celebrity nude collection on 4chan.
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“They went over to /b/ on 4chan and posted over one hundred nude or mostly nude photos of female celebrities.”
The Fappening INVOLVES The Fappening subreddit
A subreddit named The Fappening was created and became a major distribution point for the leaked images.
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“Soon there was a subreddit called The Fappening and all the pics were posted there.”
The Fappening INVOLVES Reddit
The leaked images and links spread through Reddit, including the Fappening subreddit, which Reddit later banned.
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“A week after it was created, Reddit banned The Fappening.”
The Fappening INVOLVES Bitcoin
The collector posted a Bitcoin address and asked viewers to provide tips for the leaked photos.
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“The collector also posted their Bitcoin address, urging people that if they liked the nudes they can tip him some coin.”
The Fappening INVOLVES FBI
The FBI investigated the celebrity-account hacks and arrested multiple hackers.
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“When these hacks occurred Apple began working with the FBI to do an investigation.”
Emilio Herrera DISCOVERED_BY FBI
The FBI traced the shared IP address to Emilio Herrera and identified him as a hacker who broke into celebrity accounts.
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“The feds quickly determined Emilio was the hacker who broke into the celebrity accounts.”
Apple worked with the FBI and provided evidence for the investigation into the account compromises.
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“Apple began working with the FBI to do an investigation”
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