Ben Owen

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.

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.

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.

And so I started cross-referencing, like, who may have appeared in a breach. And the first family I had on there, their last name is Pardisi. And I started finding a lot of activity between that WhatsApp number, a Facebook account, and then I got down to a Hotmail email, and then that linked back to a number at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, or Fayetteville.

And so I started cross-referencing, like, who may have appeared in a breach. And the first family I had on there, their last name is Pardisi. And I started finding a lot of activity between that WhatsApp number, a Facebook account, and then I got down to a Hotmail email, and then that linked back to a number at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, or Fayetteville.

And so I started cross-referencing, like, who may have appeared in a breach. And the first family I had on there, their last name is Pardisi. And I started finding a lot of activity between that WhatsApp number, a Facebook account, and then I got down to a Hotmail email, and then that linked back to a number at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, or Fayetteville.

I didn't know it was Fort Bragg at the time. I called it, and the guy that answered it spoke English, said his name is Pardisi. And so I'm like, what the fuck? So I hung up real fast because I was a little freaked out, you know? Then I realized, like, I'm not doing anything nefarious. Just call back and tell them what we're doing.

I didn't know it was Fort Bragg at the time. I called it, and the guy that answered it spoke English, said his name is Pardisi. And so I'm like, what the fuck? So I hung up real fast because I was a little freaked out, you know? Then I realized, like, I'm not doing anything nefarious. Just call back and tell them what we're doing.