Th3j35t3r

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Case Summary

A patriotic lone-wold American hacker who claims to be a veteran of the U.S. military. His targets include anti-American "jihadist" websites, the Westboro Baptist Church (who picket funerals of U.S. service members), and Wikileaks (who were about to famously release numerous classified U.S. documents).

Recommended Literature

• Wikipedia entry
• TJ O'Connor, The Jester Dynamic: A Lesson in Asymmetric Unmanaged Cyber Warfare, SANS Institute, Dec 30, 2011.
• Sean Gallagher, "Patriotic hacktivist" The Jester unmasked—or maybe it's a big troll, Ars Technica, May 15, 2012.