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>Also, according to this comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40211782): he's HN's own [...]

Maybe we hold off on pointing fingers unless there is concrete proof?


The police report had three screenshots of Hacker News discussions where he had participated. His nickname was redacted (like were all others), but the screenshots are for:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17696035

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15729517

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25529743

Source: Keskusrikospoliisi / National Bureau of Investigation


Would you mind sharing the report?


Not sure how legal it is to share it around, but you can find it online if you can do some web sleuthing in Finnish. Or if you're Finnish, you can just order the docs directly from the police for a fee.


It is, in fact, that user lol.


Yet, as far as I can see, no facts have been posted. Just 1 random person saying "it's this guy", and 2 other random people saying "believe me, it is lol".


This looks like a confession the account is his: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8828788

>> Zee/"ryanc" has indeed been involved in things like these for many years. HTP (Linode + much more) is just a small part of it.

>> I'm also very surprised it's taken this long for him to be arrested. He's completely brazen and has committed countless crimes despite knowing full well the general public and law enforcement know exactly who he is.

ryanlol responded:

> Just because someone knows who I am does not mean that'll matter when it comes to proving things in court, which in real life isn't as easy as one might imagine.

>> he probably won't get out for a while

> If only I'd get sentenced in the first place.

This Krebs comment lists more HN accounts:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/11/alleged-extortioner-of-p...

> PS: Want to read some of his Hacker News comments? Usernames are ryanlol, FDSGSG, rosnd, rosndo, prvit, lfodofod, ryanl0l, bbbbb5, gggggg5 (which stopped posting right after his arrest).


While Krebs has more weight than a random HN person, he has a poor record in this department and has doxxed innocent people before [1], and people he doesn't agree with out of spite [2]. So, yeah... Not holding much weight with me.

[1]https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/krebs-accused-o...

[2]https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/infosec-researc...

Edit: Your edited comment including some non-Krebs stuff is more interesting, thanks for digging that up for me.


> While Krebs has more weight than a random HN person

I actually cited a comment on Krebs, not Krebs himself.

But that's kind of moot. More digging found the ryanlol account confessing to be Julius Kivimäki. It appears he was pretty open with his identity.


>I actually cited a comment on Krebs, not Krebs himself.

That's even worse? More random people lol.

But yeah, the other stuff you dug up straight from his account is certainly more damning, thanks.


> ryanlol, FDSGSG, rosnd, rosndo, prvit, lfodofod, ryanl0l, bbbbb5, gggggg5

And yet we are always scolded for accusing people of sockpuppeting and similar

nearly 10 times the voting weight of normal users.



1st link is interesting, thanks.

2nd one is yet another random person?




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