ciao boys and girls,
so i listened to phil's prestream today where he threw a bunch of stuff out there about the leaks and i felt that i had to address some of it.
1. there's a group of hackers working day and night to ruin phil's life
i was working alone. i do not know if there are other people who were also trying to get into phil's accounts at the same time i was, but for all i know, i was the only person recently who did so. i stopped doing stuff after sunday of this week. i got into this mortgage account on saturday night and pulled some credit reports. that was it. this social engineering attack was easy enough (his mortgage company's website didn't even require a full ssn to access his account!) so me spending weeks figuring out his full ssn was actually not needed. still, i used it to pull his credit reports regardless.
2. trolls opened a bunch of accounts in his name
i did try to open a credit monitoring account to get his credit score, but the system kept me from creating one, seeing the attempt as potentially fraudulent. i was not successful there. i did not attempt to nor was i successful in opening up any new accounts in phil's name of any kind. nor i have attempted to borrow any money in phil's name.
3. trolls are doing all this fucked up stuff
i don't know what else people have been doing to phil's accounts outside of me, but besides leaking phil's bank account number, a copy of his mortgage statement, and two of his credit reports, i didn't do anything else.
4. trolls got into a bunch of phil's accounts
i was only able to access his mortgage account. i did not have full access to his bank account, as i was stopped by two factor authentication and didn't want to go through the work of doing a sim swap. his phone number has been public for years and he still hasn't changed it! the phone banking options were limited and required you to speak to a live representative to do anything substantial. phil fucked up here by not using a telephonic pin to secure his bank account, when he knew that trolls don't want to steal his money, they just want his financial information.
that said, if you are fucking with phil still, stop. there's no need to fuck with phil at this point, he's fucked himself numerous times over already. was phil the victim of identity theft? yes. i hope he gets through it and i do not plan on preventing phil from streaming or making money or stealing his money or deleting his accounts. that's where i draw the line. i'm information only.
so i listened to phil's prestream today where he threw a bunch of stuff out there about the leaks and i felt that i had to address some of it.
1. there's a group of hackers working day and night to ruin phil's life
i was working alone. i do not know if there are other people who were also trying to get into phil's accounts at the same time i was, but for all i know, i was the only person recently who did so. i stopped doing stuff after sunday of this week. i got into this mortgage account on saturday night and pulled some credit reports. that was it. this social engineering attack was easy enough (his mortgage company's website didn't even require a full ssn to access his account!) so me spending weeks figuring out his full ssn was actually not needed. still, i used it to pull his credit reports regardless.
2. trolls opened a bunch of accounts in his name
i did try to open a credit monitoring account to get his credit score, but the system kept me from creating one, seeing the attempt as potentially fraudulent. i was not successful there. i did not attempt to nor was i successful in opening up any new accounts in phil's name of any kind. nor i have attempted to borrow any money in phil's name.
3. trolls are doing all this fucked up stuff
i don't know what else people have been doing to phil's accounts outside of me, but besides leaking phil's bank account number, a copy of his mortgage statement, and two of his credit reports, i didn't do anything else.
4. trolls got into a bunch of phil's accounts
i was only able to access his mortgage account. i did not have full access to his bank account, as i was stopped by two factor authentication and didn't want to go through the work of doing a sim swap. his phone number has been public for years and he still hasn't changed it! the phone banking options were limited and required you to speak to a live representative to do anything substantial. phil fucked up here by not using a telephonic pin to secure his bank account, when he knew that trolls don't want to steal his money, they just want his financial information.
that said, if you are fucking with phil still, stop. there's no need to fuck with phil at this point, he's fucked himself numerous times over already. was phil the victim of identity theft? yes. i hope he gets through it and i do not plan on preventing phil from streaming or making money or stealing his money or deleting his accounts. that's where i draw the line. i'm information only.
