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by dalke 3989 days ago
This account shares the same nick and full name for someone that Wikipedia describes as "American black hat[3] hacker, white nationalist, and Internet troll", and says "The New York Times reported that Auernheimer claimed responsibility for posting a false account of programming author and game developer Kathy Sierra's career in 2007[62] including charges that she was a former sex worker, along with her actual address and Social Security number.[11] This led to her receiving death threats and threats of sexual violence[63] and to her online absence from 2007 to 2013."

As per an earlier HN threads, I prefer to use the term "harasser" instead of "troll".