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by henriquez 975 days ago
Definitely North Korea. Just like that time the feds blamed North Korea for the Sony hack and then years later it was quietly revealed to have been a disgruntled former employee.

Occam’s Razor says it’s an employee, perhaps SBF himself (because #yolo).
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edgyquant 975 days ago
> the Sony hack and then years later it was quietly revealed to have been a disgruntled former employee.

Source? As far as I can tell it’s still considered to have been North Korea

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ceejayoz 975 days ago
> years later it was quietly revealed to have been a disgruntled former employee

It doesn't appear to be anywhere near as solid as that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Sony_Pictures_hack#Doubts...

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tedunangst 975 days ago
Why haven't they arrested the former employee?
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henriquez 975 days ago
[removed misinformation]
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mcpackieh 975 days ago
> Why did the FBI then start a manhunt on Reddit leading to the suicide of the falsely accused suspect?

You have your facts completely mixed up. The man falsely accused by Reddit, not the FBI, had died a month before the Boston bombings occurred. The entire reason he was accused by Reddit is because he was already known to have been missing. His body was subsequently discovered more than a month after he died.

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vajrabum 975 days ago
I can't find any evidence this happened. What I did find evidence for is that Redditors started a manhunt leading to a suicide. If you actually believe this happened, please inform us.
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mcpackieh 975 days ago
> What I did find evidence for is that Redditors started a manhunt leading to a suicide

The guy he's talking about was already dead weeks before the Boston bombing occurred. Reddit could not have been responsible for his death, reddit libeled a dead man.

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tedunangst 975 days ago
They're trying to assassinate you by raising your blood pressure.
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brianbreslin 975 days ago
I was curious about this. The guy you're saying was falsely accused was ALREADY dead from suicide before the bombing took place. His body was found days after the bombing according to Wikipedia [1]. (took 3 seconds to find this reference) Also its a bit ridiculous to suggest the FBI tasked redditors with a manhunt.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Sunil_Tripathi

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kranke155 975 days ago
FBI started a manhunt on Reddit ? Wow ok.
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ct0 975 days ago
No doubt this could have been a pre-written script.
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