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I've hung out in the anonops irc quite a bit, and `k certainly comes across as female. I hadn't linked her to the Kayla > YOU spam before, but that was almost 3 years ago, now. If it is a constructed identity, then it's been carefully cultivated.

It is an awesome story, though. Regardless of whether it's true or not, it's effective at both rallying the neckbeards and shaming opponents. It's funny to see how much deference is paid to her on IRC, although I only started going there after news of the HBGary incident broke, so she already had quite a lot of cred.

`k may or may not be a 16 year old girl, but it's a hell of a troll if she isn't. I'm not aware of many anons who could pull something like that off for so long. There were a few back in the day who had managed to become trusted enough at anontalk to get promoted to wiseguys, but that took a couple months, not a couple years. For that reason, as well as her general demeanor, I'm inclined to believe her.