So if you have been around the internet and for any length of time you have probably heard of th3j35t3r an internet vigilant of sorts who took a personal dislike to terrorist and their communication activities. For a few years it seemed like every day you would see another burst of tweets with the now iconic “tango down” signifying the demises of another terrorist site or communication channel. I would also like to confess a certain admiration towards the person and the good work that has been done. Certainly there have been many attacks that have been delayed or outright thwarted thanks to this person efforts, and then one day they retired, only to resurface this evening with an apparent take over of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs see below.

And just like that “Tango Down” th3j35t3r is back.

From The Jesters Site

UPDATE 10/25/2016

I guess it’s time for me to ‘fess up’ regarding this entire ‘episode’. Before now, I didn’t want to interrupt the enemy while they were making a mistake. You know how it is. My intentions were not to embarrass the Russian Government as outlined above, although it was an unexpected bonus, no doubt about that. Let’s get one thing straight, the Russians are engaging in cyber operations against us, including hacking our infrastructure in order to affect OUR election to get the most pliable person in office whom they can manipulate easily. As I pointed out briefly a few weeks ago here. 17 US intel agencies have already confirmed this fact. You can google that for yourselves.

My end-game for this ‘episode’ was to draw fire from the RUSSIAN ‘cyber-machine of destruction’ (as they refer to it) in order to collect intel on their latest TTP or for regular people ‘Tools, Techniques and Procedures’. In this regard,things are going pretty well. Here’s the my threat metrics (who’s attacking me and how) for this very blog you are reading over the last 24hr period – between yesterday and today (Monday 24th October and Tuesday 25th October), just 2 days after the Russian Government had their weapons-grade meltdown:

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