Ben Owen

But anyway, we did our first good deed as Flanders Fields. And we're still waiting on IRS to approve it at this point. And in July of 2021... Um, our Marine Corps intelligence, uh, NCO hits me up about black rifle, about what we're doing. He finds it intriguing. Um, and, uh, so we started dialogue and I don't know, maybe on the 15th, he calls me and it's like, you want to do something crazy? Yeah.

Hell yeah, I do. I'm bored, you know? Um, We had, at this point, moved into our own house. We've got all the kids back. I think two of the kids I shared with Aaron have moved over to Georgia with us at this point. Lily and the twins stayed. And life's good. You know, we've got way more than we need, which is why we started the nonprofit.

Hell yeah, I do. I'm bored, you know? Um, We had, at this point, moved into our own house. We've got all the kids back. I think two of the kids I shared with Aaron have moved over to Georgia with us at this point. Lily and the twins stayed. And life's good. You know, we've got way more than we need, which is why we started the nonprofit.

Hell yeah, I do. I'm bored, you know? Um, We had, at this point, moved into our own house. We've got all the kids back. I think two of the kids I shared with Aaron have moved over to Georgia with us at this point. Lily and the twins stayed. And life's good. You know, we've got way more than we need, which is why we started the nonprofit.

Because historically, every time Jess and I have more than we need, we start making bad decisions with the excess. Except this time I'm working a program of recovery. And anyway... My answer to him was, hell yes, I'll do something crazy. And he goes, all right, cool. Well, I'll hit you up the next day or two. We're going to get some people out of Afghanistan.

Because historically, every time Jess and I have more than we need, we start making bad decisions with the excess. Except this time I'm working a program of recovery. And anyway... My answer to him was, hell yes, I'll do something crazy. And he goes, all right, cool. Well, I'll hit you up the next day or two. We're going to get some people out of Afghanistan.

Because historically, every time Jess and I have more than we need, we start making bad decisions with the excess. Except this time I'm working a program of recovery. And anyway... My answer to him was, hell yes, I'll do something crazy. And he goes, all right, cool. Well, I'll hit you up the next day or two. We're going to get some people out of Afghanistan.

I was like, I'm sorry, you said we're going to do what now? He was like, yeah, the Taliban's taking over Afghanistan, and we're going to save some good guys. I was like, I don't know how I'm going to help that, but okay. I ended up getting a call about a week later and thrown into this app called Signal, which I had never heard of.

I was like, I'm sorry, you said we're going to do what now? He was like, yeah, the Taliban's taking over Afghanistan, and we're going to save some good guys. I was like, I don't know how I'm going to help that, but okay. I ended up getting a call about a week later and thrown into this app called Signal, which I had never heard of.

I was like, I'm sorry, you said we're going to do what now? He was like, yeah, the Taliban's taking over Afghanistan, and we're going to save some good guys. I was like, I don't know how I'm going to help that, but okay. I ended up getting a call about a week later and thrown into this app called Signal, which I had never heard of.

And I'm in chat rooms with all sorts of crazy professions, active duty, you know, three letter agencies. And they're wanting to know if we can use Black Rifle's data sets to do anything in Afghanistan, to vet people, to find missing people, to plot safe ground routes, to spy on what somebody's consuming on their device.

And I'm in chat rooms with all sorts of crazy professions, active duty, you know, three letter agencies. And they're wanting to know if we can use Black Rifle's data sets to do anything in Afghanistan, to vet people, to find missing people, to plot safe ground routes, to spy on what somebody's consuming on their device.

And I'm in chat rooms with all sorts of crazy professions, active duty, you know, three letter agencies. And they're wanting to know if we can use Black Rifle's data sets to do anything in Afghanistan, to vet people, to find missing people, to plot safe ground routes, to spy on what somebody's consuming on their device.

And the answers to some of those were yes, the answers to other ones were no, and the answers to the other ones were like, I don't know, but we'll find out. Um, he ends up sending over a list of, it came from a Lieutenant General. I don't know if I should name, name the guy, but Jack Britton is the Marine NCO that pulled me into this. He owns, uh, thecybersamaritan.com. Really good dude.

And the answers to some of those were yes, the answers to other ones were no, and the answers to the other ones were like, I don't know, but we'll find out. Um, he ends up sending over a list of, it came from a Lieutenant General. I don't know if I should name, name the guy, but Jack Britton is the Marine NCO that pulled me into this. He owns, uh, thecybersamaritan.com. Really good dude.

And the answers to some of those were yes, the answers to other ones were no, and the answers to the other ones were like, I don't know, but we'll find out. Um, he ends up sending over a list of, it came from a Lieutenant General. I don't know if I should name, name the guy, but Jack Britton is the Marine NCO that pulled me into this. He owns, uh, thecybersamaritan.com. Really good dude.

Just, just a damn good human being. He was volunteering at the time for the National Child Protection Task Force. Sends over this list and, um, It's a list of 13 families that are stuck in Afghanistan being targeted by the Taliban for capture or kill. And he wants to know, can we get them? Can we find them? Can we make contact? Is there anything we can do?

Just, just a damn good human being. He was volunteering at the time for the National Child Protection Task Force. Sends over this list and, um, It's a list of 13 families that are stuck in Afghanistan being targeted by the Taliban for capture or kill. And he wants to know, can we get them? Can we find them? Can we make contact? Is there anything we can do?

Just, just a damn good human being. He was volunteering at the time for the National Child Protection Task Force. Sends over this list and, um, It's a list of 13 families that are stuck in Afghanistan being targeted by the Taliban for capture or kill. And he wants to know, can we get them? Can we find them? Can we make contact? Is there anything we can do?

And it's like a list of WhatsApp numbers and social media profiles or any other relevant selectors they had. And so I started combing through breach data because a lot of what we've built out on the Black Rifle side is collations of breached data from, you know, like you hear about it, like Park Mobile had a huge breach and all this information gets out.