Shannen Rossmiller

Kasser is influential enough to get people, many people, to download this file. She had full access to his email, but didn't have access to his account on the Radical Islamic Forum. And she was watching him for months on how he acted on the forums. Shannon decided to act like Kasser.

Kasser is influential enough to get people, many people, to download this file. She had full access to his email, but didn't have access to his account on the Radical Islamic Forum. And she was watching him for months on how he acted on the forums. Shannon decided to act like Kasser.

She created a new username on the forum, same as Kasser's, but with a one instead of the I. It was one letter off, and she did that in hopes that nobody would notice. Then she dressed up the user profile to look just like Kasser. And of course, she did all this through a proxy. Shannon posted as Kasser with a one in three of the most popular forums.

She created a new username on the forum, same as Kasser's, but with a one instead of the I. It was one letter off, and she did that in hopes that nobody would notice. Then she dressed up the user profile to look just like Kasser. And of course, she did all this through a proxy. Shannon posted as Kasser with a one in three of the most popular forums.

She simply said that the explosives manual inside the encyclopedia has been updated and attached is the updated version. People didn't notice the difference in screen names. The ruse was working. Users were clicking and downloading it, trusting it because it appeared to be coming from Kasser, a trusted figure in the community. Operation Whirlpool was working.

She simply said that the explosives manual inside the encyclopedia has been updated and attached is the updated version. People didn't notice the difference in screen names. The ruse was working. Users were clicking and downloading it, trusting it because it appeared to be coming from Kasser, a trusted figure in the community. Operation Whirlpool was working.

Now, I don't know where the real Kasser was at this point, because he kind of went quiet around the same time. Abu Khanza was getting into trouble, and it might have spooked Kasser to just lay low for a while. So he wasn't even around to have noticed this or to warn people. And that worked very well for Shannon and Brent.

Now, I don't know where the real Kasser was at this point, because he kind of went quiet around the same time. Abu Khanza was getting into trouble, and it might have spooked Kasser to just lay low for a while. So he wasn't even around to have noticed this or to warn people. And that worked very well for Shannon and Brent.

The software Brent wrote recorded keystrokes, email addresses, password information. And that information could be used to see what those people were doing on their machines when there was no one looking. So the two of them were watching the view count of the post go up and the download count on their file go up. And they were just waiting to see if anyone would install the program.

The software Brent wrote recorded keystrokes, email addresses, password information. And that information could be used to see what those people were doing on their machines when there was no one looking. So the two of them were watching the view count of the post go up and the download count on their file go up. And they were just waiting to see if anyone would install the program.

Brent had it set up so all the data from the target's machine would be uploaded straight into Brent's database so they could see what was happening. It was a clever little app. So they watched the database waiting for activity. And suddenly, something showed up. They snagged someone. Data was showing up in the database. And more data started showing up.

Brent had it set up so all the data from the target's machine would be uploaded straight into Brent's database so they could see what was happening. It was a clever little app. So they watched the database waiting for activity. And suddenly, something showed up. They snagged someone. Data was showing up in the database. And more data started showing up.

Their malware was being installed on a few computers. It was working. but now they had to start sorting through this data that was coming in. They were seeing passwords and usernames and had to figure out what site was this even for, and more stuff was coming in as they were trying to sort it. Soon, they were overwhelmed with data.

Their malware was being installed on a few computers. It was working. but now they had to start sorting through this data that was coming in. They were seeing passwords and usernames and had to figure out what site was this even for, and more stuff was coming in as they were trying to sort it. Soon, they were overwhelmed with data.

Every keystroke was sent to them, and they could see half of every chat, email, forum message, even Google searches or video game commands. It was an eye-opening view into who the readers of the jihadist encyclopedia were. One guy they started watching stood out. He went by the name of Samir. He had really captured Shannon's attention.

Every keystroke was sent to them, and they could see half of every chat, email, forum message, even Google searches or video game commands. It was an eye-opening view into who the readers of the jihadist encyclopedia were. One guy they started watching stood out. He went by the name of Samir. He had really captured Shannon's attention.

Brent had a way to deactivate the malware on victims' computers, and they wanted to focus on Samir. So he disabled the keylogger on everyone else's computer just so they could look at what Samir was doing. Samir was a Sunni Muslim of Palestinian descent, and he was a respected TV journalist known for his work at Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV, too. He even interviewed Osama bin Laden in 1998.

Brent had a way to deactivate the malware on victims' computers, and they wanted to focus on Samir. So he disabled the keylogger on everyone else's computer just so they could look at what Samir was doing. Samir was a Sunni Muslim of Palestinian descent, and he was a respected TV journalist known for his work at Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV, too. He even interviewed Osama bin Laden in 1998.

But what intrigued Shannon about him is he appeared to have quite a lot of information about Al-Qaeda. Was he connected to them in some way? It wasn't clear. But she was suspicious that Samir might be working for her enemy. And he might know Osama bin Laden. The whole U.S. military is looking for Osama. So she was definitely glued to Samir for almost a year.

But what intrigued Shannon about him is he appeared to have quite a lot of information about Al-Qaeda. Was he connected to them in some way? It wasn't clear. But she was suspicious that Samir might be working for her enemy. And he might know Osama bin Laden. The whole U.S. military is looking for Osama. So she was definitely glued to Samir for almost a year.