This message was posted here a while ago, describing all of the nasty things we have in store for us. Right now we seem to be enjoying Operations SQUISH and Octopus. What else do you suppose he has in mind? From: smtp%"an12070@anon.penet.fi" 3-JAN-1994 02:01:08.99 To: smtp%"cypherpunks@toad.com" CC: Subj: Current Operational Status We (operation Cyberanarchist Repression and Poison) thought you might like an update of our current status and future plans. We have been extremely busy! So much has happened lately! Remember when we said,

You have 24 hours before we launch our next cyberspatial strike.

That was a reference to Operation Tick-Tick-Tick. We were really delighted with the outcome of this attack, we made very significant gains in our campaign, and there were some stellar fireworks. The sequence of Usenet posts equating cyberanarchists with drug users and Sodomites found great response. The Cyberanarchist glossary was unchallenged! We nailed the szabo@netcom.com tentacle mercilessly, and he is afraid to show his sickly green face any more. The Pit Bull (His Royal Eminence) showed up to make a fatal mistake in exposing the Szabo tentacle, and we nailed him some too (his brilliant smear tactics give us more ideas ourselves!). As usual, Emminent Eric has been rather quiet. We did spoof him spectacularly with that Apology feint. `I never wanted a brainwashed follower.' `Democracy stinks.' `I am the anti Christ.' Ha, ha. Tantalizing Timmy showed up a bit `out there' to further whine, evade, and threaten, and tell us that he doesn't know anything about drugs! He says he has a gun, and isn't afraid to use it! Fantastic! `The rumors about high level conspiracies and drug use are false' he says. Ooops, have you talked to Ingenuous John? (hee, hee). You guys really have to work on getting your stories straight. It's pretty pathetic. As for the BS, we don't know who it is you saw at your last Cypherpunk party and their California IDs. Must have been some cardboard cutouts! Oh, what fun. This is all in addition to the shrapnel wounds on the public lists (we have no comment on the private ones!). We appreciate your feedback in all areas. What did you think of the delightful poetry? How about the Nazi Espionage story? That brought tears to our eyes when we thought how much your own Big Macs have surpassed the Fuhrer in their own present glories and future ambitions. Perhaps the people `out there' on Usenet will be similarly impressed ... ? === Nevertheless, the Big Macs don't seem to understand that we have long since lost interest in the tentacle exorcisms, although we like to continue to play to keep our practice. We have graduated to the Big Leagues and they are still scratching their crotches in the minors. Full fledged exposure! The Cypherpunk Credit union for money laundering! the black markeeting! the tax evasion! The lies in the media! The secret mailing lists! Thank you so much for finally coming clean (or at least opening a few windows to diminish the stench) in some key areas. Our next projects should help encourage you to continue this wonderful Glasnost, where before we had the KGB. Once again, we remind you that you can relent and surrender at any time. Some of the things we are interested in at the moment: 1. Further information on the media deceptions in Wired and NYT. These are very difficult to unravel. 2. A complete status report of the TX bank and CA credit union. Maybe some more info on the `real' Chaum link. 3. A complete comment by the Big Macs on their knowledge and involvement in pseudospoofing and all the `quasi-legal' activities. 4. A complete list of all the secret mailing lists. Your subscribers to this list would probably be interested in this too, why not post it publicly? After all, they don't know that all the *real* development is being done under the table. Kind of ironic, too, how long people were asking for a `list split', not knowing that it had already been done in secret. Ah, a pity, but that is your modus operandi. But, since in the true spirit of warfare we must be prepared for any eventuality, including the continued persistence and tenacity of the enemy. So you know, here are some of the operations we are planning over the coming weeks and months, listed in scale of seriousness and potency. Operation SQUISH - a very sophisticated and comprehensive simultaneous attack on many fronts that will involve a `grass roots' approach vs. the last `top down' attack in the newsgroups. Medusa keeps asking for our complete knowledge. This will lay it all out on the table for everyone to examine -- a complete list of tentacles, Small Fries, Big Macs, Poison Needles, Medusa Sisters, and Medusa. It will also be a bit disorienting for you in the spirit of our favorite tactics of `polymorphic paragraphs'. You really seem to get a buzz from that. If you think that the last Usenet strike was bad, wait 'til you see what happens with this one! Operation Octopus - this is the multiple pseudonym and agent project. We plan to have at least a dozen (hence the name) posting simultaneously to many different lists and the newsgroups. But the overhead on this is very significant, and it will take us awhile to gear up and build the infrastructure to the point we can `engage'. You have seen more of these agents lately `out there', but our coordinated attack will take some more planning. Hopefully, these operations will crack the nut. It is already wobbling, splintering, chipping, and shaking. But this is a tough nut to crack. The following operations are far more insidious and devastating. We have been hinting about them in various places. They are our `secret weapons' -- the will require some further developments, but will be immensely effective in destabilizing your technology and `movement'. Operation Duplicity - extremely top secret. Let's just say, you will be seeing double, and triple, and quadruple, and ... Operation Apocalypse - extremely top secret. Let's just say, Robert Morris and Richard Depew would be proud ... Of course, in the meantime your list will be subject to the same drizzle of froth that has you so excited lately. And we'll probably recycle some of our better artillery to strategic positions `out there' on Usenet some more. We wish to thank T.C.May personally for all the stellar ideas in Reputation Assault and Cyberspatial Sabotage. What's good for the criminal is good for the police, so to speak! Finally, just to let you know, we are going to take a momentary breather here and scale back all the current operations somewhat to reorganize and retrench before the next onslaught, so enjoy the respite. Happy New Year! p.s. you might want to see this below. This software and attack report was part of our last strike, Operation Tick-Tick-Tick. The software for the new operations is far more complex (you know how difficult it is e.g. to track multiple identities well), partly the reason for the delay. [Long shell script and its output deleted] Key ring: 'pubring.pgp' Type bits/keyID Date User ID pub 1024/9C0865 1993/10/12 W.Meredith <Genie w.meredith@genic.geis.com> W.MEREDITH <GENIE> Bill Meredith BILLM3 pub 1024/2DF719 1993/08/11 Raidar <nowhere - use encrypted address> Do not send this key to key servers! pub 1024/77308D 1993/08/05 WhiteBeard 77308D <pool0@extropia.wimsey.com> pub 1024/7C06F1 1993/04/05 J. Michael Diehl, 3, <mdiehl@triton.unm.edu> pub 1024/EB2B0D 1993/07/28 Victor A. Borisov aka blaster <blaster@rd.relcom.msk.su> pub 1024/C0EA49 1993/08/30 Anonymous Remailer <catalyst@netcom.com> pub 1022/ABFBB3 1992/12/02 remailer03 <> pub 1024/69464F 1993/09/11 Sameer's Remailer <sameer@soda.berkeley.edu> pub 1024/9E3311 1993/09/02 Sameer's Remailer <sameer@netcom.com> pub 1024/567449 1993/09/01 Sameer's Remailer <cs60a-qu@cory.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> pub 512/606225 1993/08/11 Zaphraud (Zaphraud@usa.805.445.9630) pub 1024/569A09 1993/07/31 Mike Ingle <mikeingle@delphi.com> 12 key(s) examined.