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“Hacker X”–the American who built a pro-Trump fake news empire–unmasks himself

by BaldricksGhost on 10/14/21, 12:25 PM with 13 comments

• by moogly on 10/14/21, 1:29 PM

  So the network is now banned, he's made his money, and he's looking for notoriety and a new lucrative opportunity — it's no wonder the article reads like a résumé.

• by jrace on 10/14/21, 5:41 PM

  This "ethical hacker" needs to be charged with something severe - the damage he helped create is long-lasting and potentially resulted in 100,000's of deaths.

• by al2o3cr on 10/14/21, 1:03 PM

      Payton believes the hacker just wants to do the right thing.
  

  The hacker isn't being interviewed with a ouija board, so he hasn't done the right thing yet.

• by 4oo4 on 10/16/21, 12:05 AM

  Also worth reading: https://robertwillishacking.com/the-machine-enabled-by-faceb...

  What I don't get is why they are protecting the name of the company that funded all this and all their properties? If you want to stop people from doing this sort of thing in the future, it helps to know who to hold accountable.

• by airstrike on 10/14/21, 8:45 PM

  Really surprised this isn't gaining more traction on HN. Maybe it's because of the clickbaity title...

  In the meantime, the comment section on Ars is delivering in equal parts rage and comedy.

• by smorgusofborg on 10/14/21, 5:13 PM

  Does Speed Racer have any brothers that don't suck?

• by 1cvmask on 10/14/21, 12:41 PM

  There are many fake news real empires including all the newspapers that published the WMD and Gulf of Tonkin and Syria chemical weapons/caliphate etc. stories:

  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terrorism-hoax-ontari...

  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9958679/BBC-admits-...

  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1945091/media