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The destructive behavior of the person sending this crap is typical of cyber cowards. They cover their asses while causing discord, tucked safely away with their acne ointment, bloated sense of self, multiple routers, and mastabatory tools. The goal is to cause harm by sewing discord, and some of them revel in angst such as what I’m expressing. I know that even posting here feeds their sickness, their bloated egos, their need to harm.

There is another side, however, that of exposing them. If I were Scrapped Media, I’d be furious about these blackmail letters. SM is cyber literate, so I suspect they may know who began this nonsense. Maybe it was a former employee or some competitor or a kid who has too little to do. I have to say, this is the first time I got an extortion hack threat, but as for bomb threats, death threats, etc., that’s all part of the cyber coward game. Under recent laws, some of this borders on terroristic threats, but many of those laws are hard to agree with.

When I was a young man, I was a lot of very bad things, but my perfidy was done in person, up close and personal so to speak. By my early 20s I left that life behind. Now we have a whole range of thumb twiddling geeks who revel in being “bad” under wraps. They are bullies by nature, but their only prowess is putting knowledge to evil ends. Most of them would not want anything to do with a physical confrontation, even with a ten-year-old Girl Scout.

The Internet is a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it allows me to share hundreds of articles and books with anyone who wants them–and to do it for no cost. It also allowed me to run a retail business for eight years that at one time generated $1,000 per day in gross sales. But it has created a whole class of people who seek great pleasure in causing harm.

The only thing cure for this ill is to expose the people who are doing it to public light–the thing they most fear. 99.99% of us don’t have a clue about how to do that, but perhaps someone will in this case. I honestly would love to show up at this guy’s door…just to put a face to one of his many victims. If I could get the guy busted, that would be my idea of justice. Well, we can always hope.

This issue has to do with the entire community who use WordPress, and if WP people don’t feel we unwashed should get involved for the sake of a more “intelligent” approach, so be it. But some of us think this issue should be screamed about. For heaven’s sake, folks are being blackmailed and one of WordPress’ subscribers is being left to the wolves. Scraped Media doesn’t need this mess, nor do I or the numerous other people who use WordPress. If we cannot look to WordPress for direct and VERY public involvement, then let it be known as a matter of permanent public record. For this issue to be simply left for “intelligent” people to deal with in silence does little to bring attention to a vexing problem that effects us all. And don’t raise the red herring that anything being said here will hurt future civil or criminal procedures. The indignation expressed in this forumn is honest and visceral, and that means something by way of tort. Innocent people are getting attacked, and that is more than upsetting. It is hurtful and wrong. Perhaps WordPress has become complacent with hacking, but let us hope not.

The very reason these criminals get away with this behavior is because they are not known. They hide in dark places. Would you have us shrink away from confronting these folks in public? Moreover, someone claims to know the person and his/her location! Hey, this is what I would/will do. If given the person’s name, address, etc., I would first confirm the info. I would indeed go to his or her location after I had contacted the police. When I’m sure the evidence is in hand, I would indeed confront the person in question directly, at the police station or at his home–whatever the locals felt best. And I would make that person answerable for blackmail, because that is what is being attempted. Would I like to beat the person senseless? It is hard not to want that. Is that the right thing to do? Of course not! But is confronting him right? We have a duty to confront folks who threaten or steal from us, a social responcibility. I say in public what I would say in private, and I’ve no qualms about it. We owe the community our honesty above all else. And this person who is trying to rip people off needs to know there are consequences for action.

My website is hardened, but a dedicated hacker can get through. The point is, I want to know the physical location of this person–which I understand from my FBI and police friends is indeed possible. The thing is, they won’t get involved unless there is big money in the case. As for me, I would not at all mind taking a trip to San Francisco (or anywhere else in the US) and meeting this hacker up close and personal. These extortionists should be confronted, and especially by a person who has nothing to lose and who harbors many beasts within… a sad admission. I have already tracked down the IP location, but I am not sure how to proceed from there given the routing possibilities. But confront these criminals we must, and in no uncertain terms. All I need is help tracking this person down to fixed location. something that will give me a name, address, and phone number. Then I must confirm that the location is correct. Confirmation is everything when it comes to justice. Is such a thing possible?