The Jester, a vigilante hacker opposed to Anonymous and Wikileaks, was apparently exposed over the last few days. His blog, twitter account and other tracks were soon gone. Many, however, think he's just acting out a scheme to ransom details of the ostensibly "real" identity. [Sean Gallagher at Ars Technica]
Anti-anonymous hacker doxed–perhaps a little too spectacularly
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