---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ben de Vries<bendevries1968@gmail.com> Date:
9 March 2011 20:19 Subject: If I disappear this is the evidence To:
This
is the evidence (attachments) needed to convict HBGary federal, it's parent
company HBGary, Aaron Barr, and Greg Hoglund, at least as far as their
activities relate to my person.
With the exception of Dan's article
above, I have barely been able to get any press attention to my side of this
story. The press wants to paint these criminals as victims for the most part.
By this time the FBI has probably figured out that these guys are
idiots. This may NOT, however, have resulted in the withdrawl of warrant for my
arrest (which I have not strolled into the FBI to ask...).
Considering
indefinite detention without evidence of a crime went into effect today in the
US, I would prefer not to spend the rest of my life awaiting a trial that will
never come for things I did not do.
There is also the possibility that
the injuring parties have sent paid killers after me, as they may view this as a
more cost effective solution than even an out of court settlement. Given their
ties to the FBI and CIA this is not an unreasonable or paranoid
suspicion.
The ACLU, EFF, and Cyberlaw Foundation have all refused me
legal counsel... I find this strange since it would appear this case falls under
their mission statements.
Strangely,
I have not gotten a response from them either.
To sum, I am still hiding
as a fugitive. I have been moving approximately weekly since this started, when
I was contacted by Aaron Barr on Feb. 5th. I have been unable to acquire the
most basic legal counsel to even clear myself with the FBI.
If you ever
gave a rat's ass about me, the time to help is now.
I admit that this is
a mass mail, and a desperate attempt to insure that even if I disappear, the
reason and evidence for my disappearance does not.
-- -- Ben de
Vries Certified Permaculture Designer
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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being
bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. - John
Cleese
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake: One of her characters asks, "As
a species we're doomed by hope, then?" By hope? Well, yes. Hope drives us to
invent new fixes for old messes, which in turn create ever more dangerous
messes. Hope elects the politician with the biggest empty promise; and as any
stockbroker or lottery seller knows, most of us will take a slim hope over
prudent and predictable frugality. Hope, like greed, fuels the engine of
capitalism.
-- -- Ben de
Vries Certified Permaculture Designer
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I find it
rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent
comes naturally to me. - John Cleese
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and
Crake: One of her characters asks, "As a species we're doomed by hope, then?" By
hope? Well, yes. Hope drives us to invent new fixes for old messes, which in
turn create ever more dangerous messes. Hope elects the politician with the
biggest empty promise; and as any stockbroker or lottery seller knows, most of
us will take a slim hope over prudent and predictable frugality. Hope, like
greed, fuels the engine of capitalism.
Some retard by the name of Aaron Barr of the HBGary
Federal security firm was set to sell a supposed secret dossier he created to
the feds. Anonymous Operations attacked his site, defaced it - and downloaded
not only the report in question but all the firms E-Mail messages as a bonus !
When I first considered publishing this report, I thought that I would have to
go through and redact any info this moron managed to get right. I about died of
laughter when after three separate readings I was unable to find one single fact
this imbecile got correct. I certainly hope the feds were not going to spend to
much of our taxpayer money on this load of crap. So without further ado, here it
is --
And by the way, while we would like to thank Mr. Barr for
putting the PLF in his report and giving out our URL (we need all the hits we
can get !) I would like to say categorically that I am not, repeat NOT some guy
named Ben. Further more I am a founding member of the PLF and I know everyone
involved and I have never even heard of the two people he says are connected to
us.
SINCERELY -- Commander X
PLF Field
Commander ------------------------- Peoples Liberation Front
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you are such a bad ass, i hate to see the mamby
pamby
On 2/5/11, Aaron Barr <adbarr@me.com> wrote: > oh
I will be bringing the print out with me and all my docs to
them... > > On Feb 6, 2011, at 2:48 AM, Greg Hoglund
wrote: > >> you should tell the FBI about B.
DeVries. >> >> On 2/5/11, Aaron Barr
<adbarr@me.com> wrote: >>> yeah I am getting close. See
the last line in my last email. If they >>>
think >>> I have nothing then publically ok me to release it
all publicly. >>> >>> >>> On Feb 6,
2011, at 2:43 AM, Greg Hoglund wrote: >>> >>>>
Jesus man, these people are not your friends, they are three
steps >>>> away from being terrorists - just blow the balls
off of it@ >>>> >>>> On 2/5/11, Aaron Barr
<adbarr@me.com> wrote: >>>>> Change in the last
sentence. I expect Karen u might not like it but I >>>>>
would >>>>> like to include it as they seem to be
publicly dismissing the >>>>>
correlation >>>>> of >>>>> the
data. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>
On Feb 6, 2011, at 12:40 AM, Aaron Barr
wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I definitely do
not want to be soft on the fact I have identified
to >>>>>> real >>>>>> name. I
hope that is ok with the
group. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>
My job as a security professional and as the CEO of a
security >>>>>> services >>>>>>
company is to understand the current and future threats that
face >>>>>> individuals, organizations, and nations.
I believe that social media >>>>>>
is >>>>>> our next great vulnerability and I have
attempted to get that message >>>>>> heard. When
considering my research topic for the B-Sides
security >>>>>> conference this month I selected
subjects that would clearly >>>>>>
demonstrate >>>>>> that message, and I chose three
case studies - a critical >>>>>>
infrastructure >>>>>> facility, a military
installation, and the Anonymous
group. >>>>>> >>>>>> I want to
emphasize I did not choose the Anonymous group out of
any >>>>>> malice >>>>>> of
intent or aggression, nor as any part of ongoing law
enforcement >>>>>> activities. I chose the Anonymous
group specifically because they >>>>>>
posed >>>>>> a >>>>>>
significant challenge as a technically savvy, security conscious
group >>>>>> of >>>>>>
individuals that strongly desired to remain anonymous, a
challenge >>>>>> that >>>>>>
if >>>>>> I could meet would surely prove my point
that social media creates >>>>>> significant
vulnerabilities that are littler understood and
difficult >>>>>> to >>>>>>
manage. It is important to remember I had two other targets and
was >>>>>> equally as successful at gaining entry and
gathering information in >>>>>>
those >>>>>> use cases as I was with Anonymous. I
also want to be clear that my >>>>>> research was not
limited to only monitoring their IRC channel >>>>>>
conversations and developing an organizational chart based on
those >>>>>> conversations - that would have taken
little effort. What I did using >>>>>> some custom
developed collection and analytic tools and our
developed >>>>>> social media analysis methodology
was tie those IRC nicknames to real >>>>>> names and
addresses and develop an clearly defined hierarchy
within >>>>>> the >>>>>> group.
Of the apparent 30 or so administrators and operators
that >>>>>> manage >>>>>> the
Anonymous group on a day to day basis I have identified to a
real >>>>>> name >>>>>> over 80%
of them. I have identified significantly more
regular >>>>>> members >>>>>>
but did not focus on them for the purpose of my research. I
obtained >>>>>> similar results in all three cases
and do not plan on releasing any >>>>>> specific
personnel data, but focus on the methodology and high
level >>>>>> results. Again I want to emphasize the
targets were not chosen with >>>>>> malice of intent
or political motivation, it was research to >>>>>>
illustrate >>>>>> social media is a significant
problem that should worry
everyone. >>>>>> >>>>>> If I can
identify the real names of over 80% of the senior
leadership >>>>>> of >>>>>>
a >>>>>> semi-clandestine group of very capable
hackers and technologists that >>>>>>
try >>>>>> very hard to protect their identifies,
what does that mean for >>>>>>
everyone >>>>>> one
else? >>>>>> >>>>>> So to be
clear I have no intentions of releasing the actual names
of >>>>>> the >>>>>> leadership
of the organization at this point. I hope that
the >>>>>> Anonymous >>>>>>
group will understand my intentions and realize the importance
of >>>>>> getting >>>>>> this
message our rather and decide to make this
personal. >>>>>> >>>>>> If
however Anonymous has no issue with me releasing the
completeness >>>>>> of >>>>>>
my >>>>>> results associating IRC alias and position
to real name I would be >>>>>>
more >>>>>> than happy to include that in my
presentation. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > >
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Commander X » Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:35 pm 
