Identity of 'Tech Executive' in Durham indictment over Alfa Bank claims revealed
(www.washingtonexaminer.com)
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I met Rodney Joffe about 11-12 years ago. He's South African, I actually found him pretty likeable, but like any CEO he was kind of an egomaniac.
The real story of how he came to prominence was much earlier than Butterfly... he helped take down Conficker (Operation Rampart Yankee for you .mil folks) around Thanksgiving in '08. IIRC he fucking hated the Obama regime's FBI and US CERT - Mischel Kwon in particular. All backstabbing pieces of shit that didn't know their asses from a hole in the ground.
He gave me a signed copy of Mark Bowden's "Worm"- yes, "Blackhawk Down" Mark Bowden. Fantastic book about the effort to contain that botnet, I highly recommend it.
Personally I think this dig is fishy.
It's Joffe. His lawyer confirmed to the NY Times today..
Man, that just hurts. I really had him pegged as a legit good guy.
Let’s just hope he talks
I am thinking more and more that Rodney Joffe is the red herring the media is trying to prop up to deflect from the real Tech Executive-1 who might be very high profile (Eric Schmidt certainly fitting the description).
Based on what you are saying, and assuming he did not turn, its possible Rodney was helping the White Hats in the FBI - perhaps that security loop hole that he exposed was actually being used by the Black Hats and they got pissed off when he exposed this.
Anyway, this first hand account is highly informative and worth digging more.
Could still be him, working undercover. Sounds crazy, but ... not crazier than a lot of other recent news.