Epstein Secrets

ed Trojan- horse viruses and other malicious codes on Booz Allen servers that allowed it to have future entry. Presumably, if amateur hackers such as Anonymous could break into the computers of the NSA’s largest contractor, so could the state espionage services with far more advanced hacking tools such as th

es working at the NSA. Consider, for example, the successful 2011 attack on the Booz Allen Hamilton servers. The previously-mentioned hackers' group “Anonymous” took credit for it. It not only breached the security of Booz Allen servers but cracked the algorithms it used to protect its employees. It next inj

e, he co-founded Wikileaks, a website in which secret documents could anonymously be sent and posted. The site received little public attention until Bradley Manning sent it several hundred thousand lowly-classified U.S. military and State Department documents in April 2010. With these stolen documents, Wikileaks

the real-world universe, hacktivists also use their skills to attempt to redress perceived abuses of power. For example, in December 2010, the group Anonymous, whose members, called Anons, often wear Guy Fawkes masks resembling those worn in the 2006 movie V for Vendetta, launched a success- ful denial-of-s

t led back to them.” (Ulbricht received a life sentence for running this criminal enterprise in May 2015.) Tor software was also employed by Private Bradley Manning (now Chelsea Manning) to transfer some fifty thousand diplomatic cables and military reports from his laptop to Assange’s WikiLeaks website. Eventual

These private companies also did not sufficiently protect the per- sonal data of their independent contractors working at the NSA. The hackers’ group Anonymous took credit for the successful 2011 attack on the Booz Allen Hamilton servers. It also cracked the algo- rithms used to protect employees. It next in

_OVERSIGHT_019768 Snowden’s Choices | 281 need for him to expose himself in this way. If he merely wanted to be a whistle-blower, he could have, as Bradley Manning did, anony- mously sent the documents to journalists as “Citizen Four.” In fact, in late May 2013, that was exactly what he did. He anonymously sent

of non-fiction universe, hacktavists also use their skills to attempt to redress perceived abuses of power, For example in December 2010, the group “Anonymous,” whose members called “Anon” often wear Guy Fawkes masks resembling those worn in the 2006 movie V Js For Vendetta, launched a successful denial of

y 2015.) To eradicate the Internet trail, Silk Road employed TOR software. TOR was also employed to steal and transfer classified secrets by Private Bradley Manning (now called Chelsea Manning.) He used TOR software to transfer some 50,000 diplomatic cables and military reports from his laptop to Julian Assange’s

. Also, Author’s interview with Raymond Rocca, the CIA’s former research chief for the Counterintelligence staff. “With “a learning experience...”-- Anonymous, “Out of Control,” NSA. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB424/docs/Cyber-009.pdf HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020421 270 14. “From the 127-page...”--David L

ice intriguing is that there was no evident need for him to expose himself in this way. If he merely wanted to be a whistle-blower, he could have, as Bradley Manning did, anonymously sent the documents to journalists as “Citizen 4.” In fact, in late May 2013, that was exactly what he did. He sent Barton Gellman th