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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rcmaehl to c/fediverse
 

What I know so far:

  • vlemmy is still "up" and intermittently accessible. It is running slow as hell, PLEASE DO NOT VISIT THE INSTANCE as it will likely only slow things down more and make it inaccessible again.

  • Stripe, Librepay, and Github accounts are all closed. Closure date unknown
  • Reddit account still exists and has been messaged
  • No mentions of the instance in Element.io chats but still searching
  • They have almost certainly NOT lost their domain. Who.is historical records show no ownership or nameserver changes.

I have some minor personal details I've found that I'll be deep driving on later, but it's 1AM EST. I'm heading to bed but will continue on the investigation around 9AM EST.

Update 1PM EST July 9th:

Hi all, I'm working through about 40 different potential leads right now.

Although I need some help! Specifically, I need people who have viewed [email protected] to check their browser cache for this image:

https://vlemmy.net/pictrs/image/928b2f95-a37c-4e94-bd70-bc014c8655d4.jpeg

You can do so using one of the following NIrsoft tools:

I'm hoping since it's a historic image linked to their internet presence that it might generate specific leads.

I'll update more as things progress.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm talking about possibilities. I get it. Domain could be blocked by registrar, host could be banned by hoster, IDK maybe he got DDOS.

But the thing is, what happened to the donation pages? Did everyone decided to ban this guy at the same time? Also he didn't even send a message about situation. Not on Lemmy, Matrix nor Reddit.

I shouldn't have been accused something like this tho. You are right about that. There is still a possibility that I'm pathetic :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The donation pages going missing kind of hint at it possibly being law enforcement related imo (also with the whole defederating that one instance due to Irish laws).. but who knows indeed? Heh, I didn’t mean to be rude, but you did kind of seemingly accuse him and call his actions pathetic based on a mere assumption. Would feel bad in his shoes. Well, it’s all good, let’s hope this mystery gets resolved soon!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah you are right, I removed that part.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess, unfortunately, I was right 😐

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

there’s been an update? wow, I’ll have to catch up, thanks for the heads up!