Topic: JOSHUA ZIPKINS THE MAN WHO DDOS'd BTCTALK!!!! (Read 5099 times)

I thought this was pretty funny.

Thought it would be worth noting he went into deep online hiding once this article came out him DDoSing the site. Since the article came out he deleted or otherwise changed his linkedin profile and then altered his twitter profile.

https://twitter.com/joshuazipkin is his latest attempt to lie. This page USED to be his picture. I believe someone else if not I posted the page some months ago. Something to show the judge about the levels he is willing to go to deceive people. I thought it would be worth posting since he is trying to SEO history away. Meanwhile there are ALOT of places his stuff has been saved elsewhere including this site which I suspect he had someone try to take down.



http://www.cloudromance.com/kevin101 is where he likely stole the picture from as that is all that comes up when an image matching search is run. I will let others do the psychoanalysis there to comedic effect. All I know is the face on that twitter profile used to be his. And previous and current background checks show that is indeed his profile. Interesting indeed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=584891.msg9802545;topicseen#msg9802545 I made mention of the profile which had his picture on it at the time.
http://joshuazipkin.tumblr.com/ I will put this here. Both images are present and accounted for.

Also a search for Joshua Zipkin on startpage.com without the safety filters turns up a crap ton of gay porn so don't search for him at work. In the event he changes the page, I have saved a copy of what I saw at http://web.archive.org/web/20150615025118/http://joshuazipkin.tumblr.com/ if this is being used in a legal capacity, archive.org does provide legal documents certifying legitimacy of the content at time of capture.

Won't go into specifics, but its pretty damn obvious these are both his. In case anyone new does not know what he looks like here is a current picture of what he looks like as of October of 2014.
As you can see the makeover above his highly unlikely unless he is going for that whole James Bond Die Another Day storyline. "Killing" off his virtual self and resurfacing as an apparently vain Kenyan looking for love online. Women are gonna be disappointed when they see what he really looks like.

Something to consider.

EDIT here is a little more evidence of who he used to be. The dumbass cant even cover his tracks right.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150615030247/https://medium.com/@JoshuaZipkin

Below are screens of the social sites he is set up on as they appeared when I went to them.

Listings of his social sites.


https://i.imgur.com/cqmfz1h.jpg
Same Background as in his twitter.


His twitter page as of 6.14.2015


Tumblr page....lol

what makes you think you can post personal info on a public forum?  I dont know who this person is but posting such info could hinder any legal way to catch him/her.

Just saying. I also agree with every one else CCN is bull.

I already instructed him to get that info to the FBI. They will handily deal with that. Gave him my contact at the FBI to reach out to. They already have the info on him so easy enough to get all that linked up. Hopefully something pops with this idiot. He needs to go to jail.

I've highlighted the epic part 

As of today PACER still has no record of him finding new counsel. There was no date for him to physically show though. I'm hoping the judge will tire of his shenanigans and require his appearance in court. Hopefully if then then doesn't show the judge will put a bench warrant out. But who knows really.

Zipkin is incapable of providing his address to the court so I don't imagine he will fare well if he attempts to represent himself and AMT should this go to trial.

You're late. The news has already gone to Mars by the time you knew. Or you just don't regularly visit the forum and that's completely understood-able.

 
Been lurking on this thread for a while and never got the chance to respond. A safer bet is he just flew away in someone's basement.

Safe bet he didnt show. Safe bet he stalled or pulled some shit. I figure the judge will give him enough chances before he says to hell with this.

Update rik?

Did he show?

Thanks keep us posted. If anything post up all the links you have posted in this thread so we have one place to view it all? I will repost my blockchain analysis so its all here as well.

Today he was supposed to have a new lawyer entered to represent him in the ongoing case against him and AMT. Since he screwed the pooch on the last two dates I'm not expecting he'll make this one. We'll see. I'll be checking pacer to find out for sure one way or another.

"Jehovah, let somebody slap their circumcised dick in my face. Amen."

It could mean a lot of things, including "Microsoft qualified IT Tech", which simultaneously means nothing.

Shows him as a Computer Technician ? I can't imagine he's working out of Redmond.

Maybe he meant Phone Support Technician for Microsoft working remotely in Bulgaria ?

Well he has an updated facebook profile that puts him working at Microsoft. He had a linkedin one but looks like he took it down.  
https://www.facebook.com/Zpkin.Joshua?ref=br_rs&fref=browse_search

Interesting how he is rewriting his professional experience as working from Microsoft.

Looks like Microsoft is hiring scammers now.

I'd not be surprised to find out he's back in the US. especially if his marriage went further south.

He updated his info to a US P.O. Box and gave his us based cell phone number to the court. Yes he could have been using it in Bulgaria, but why not  just include it the last time?

You mean after he is extradited? He fled the country long ago.

Its why I typically use Joshua Zipkin's full name at least once when posting about him.

I agree. If it was the EIN, then it shouldn't have been removed. The difference between EIN and SSN is large enough to be obvious anyway.

Edit: by the way, in order to follow this thread more carefully, can you guys just say Zipkin or Zerlan when referring to them? Josh is a name they both share, and that personal info is important to keep clear for the record. 

And SSNs can be verified. Its actually an incredibly insecure system. Lotta ID theft happens via illegal immigration cases due to that. And verified. Its not an SSN but an EIN. Similar but different as EIN is for corporations but still a type of social security number (that does not get social security benefits as its for a non-entity corporation). But to dogies point....it can be verified. So no personal information was doxxed, ergo no rules were broken.

FYI, the SSN posted for Joshua Zipkin is not his personal SSN. Its the business EIN. A corporate SSN if you will. Its for AMT. Considering it was tied to the bank account it makes sense in this case. I checked it out. Its invalid now as he has folded the business up. But still shows in my sources record.

So yea this was valid information. Having it did not compromise his personal info whatsoever as this was the corporations "SSN".

Which goes to a level of willing to Fook with forum as he just seems to ignore any legal requirements. Nothing to lose right? Someone needs to track his whereabouts and I would suggest getting on Marto74 tail. He is likely hanging out with scam buddy. Maybe he roped Marto into this hack as well.

Not sure that's a real issue. What does satoshi have to do with theymos? Are you trying to suggest something else with this "problem"?

Uh, what about the person whose SSN it is? Or did they forget and not want that info expunged?

That's some pretty terrible logic then. "Here is a string of numbers no one else has, in order to verify the information." By the virtue of having information no one else has, no one else can verify it.

In what comes as no surprise to me the letter containing an order from the judge that has been sent to zipkin has been returned a 4th time. This was even after he provided an updated address.

I'd like to see him get hit with contempt of court. Even if it's civil contempt he could be placed in jail for the remainder of the trial. And since he seems to have no intention to responding to the court on schedule if at all. I think jailing him during the proceedings is fitting because it ensures he is present.

The problem here is if people are going to ask about theymos identity, then it also stands to reason that one must also ask why satoshi must also hide his identity. We have seen time and time again those hiding their identity ultimately are hiding something. If the overarching question is transparency here, then the forum mods would need to show some even if they choose not to reveal their identities.

Guys like Joshua Zipkin who kept their identities hidden and try to suppress information, are people who need to be taken down. Right now the topic has veered toward discussing theymos, when the issue is really about Joshua Zipkin's possible role in this hack. He had a major seething hatred for this forum (presumably still does) and various people here (I am on that list as well as is evidenced by his irrational posts at me).

His social security number being posted was mainly just a way to prove the person had private information noone else did. My guess based on her name that it was his exwife or someone else close to him that he screwed over. But considering his actions against us could not happen to a nicer guy. Law enforcements lack of action despite the numerous reports to them has forced us to get the press involved and use social justice to put these guys in their place. Least if they won't get prosecuted, then their reputations are so smeared from their frauds and scams, that they can never pull that shit again easily. Shaming law enforcement seeing as we are basically doing their job for them is another avenue as well.

The forum serves that purpose at least. As much as we want to do more, its best to just expose the information that is legally obtainable and accessible. Chat logs and other freely shared personal details are fair game. I personally am not ok with sharing things like SSNs and bank accounts. But honestly if someone wants to put themselves out there for that thats on them.

At any rate there is a shitton of evidence to nail Joshua Zipkin to the wall for other things besides the hacking. He likley did pay someone for this. Another blockchain analysis might need to be checked to see where the money went based on Joshua Zipkin's current known wallets.

Based on everything I've read about Thermos, I'm led to understand he's in his 20's.

Don't really have anything against the guy, other than him being complicit in fraud and being a massive hypocrite, but... *shrugs* Don't really care how old he is, where he lives, etc etc... It was more of a "Oh ?! So you are OK with Josh Zerlan doxxing me, but fuck me for posting yours, right ?!" sorta thing.

He runs this place after all. Not going to harangue the guy. The point has been made numerous times.

I didn't know that was you. Unless theymos' dad has the same name as he, I may or may not possess proof that theymos is in his mid- (or latter) 40s thanks to finding online a misnomer ticket ($10 USD) that the household matriarch (mom/wife) received while cruisin' some campus (theymos' school or her and/or t's place of employment).

Think you might be referring to this post:

There is something more recent that says they'll delete SSNs. I think it was with the Josh subpoena thread if anyone wants to dig that up.

You're right, I don't. Why don't you point out the rule specifying what info is prohibited?

"Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ"
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/unofficial-list-of-official-bitcointalkorg-rules-guidelines-faq-703657

Yep. All located on the blockchain.

EDIT: To be absolutely clear, I posted a link to a pastebin containing the dox. The pastebin link was located while perusing blockchain.info for one of Theymos' known Bitcoin addresses.

What were the contents of the dox, name, address, SSN etc?

I served a 45 day ban for posting Theymos' dox located on the blockchain. AMA.

Sad truth is that this forum has been completely irresponsible with handling 'private information'. It's a bit odd how Josh's info gets erased so quickly while Doxes of other members including more sensitive info than just that are out in the open. If mods have just started keeping an eye out for such things then I guess that it is a good thing but prior to that I had only seen topic that supposedly included information about theymos being removed.

I don't think you understand the difference between public "personal" information and private information.

Yea didnt seem to be a problem when Joshua ZIpkin Doxxed me and the mods left my real name up. Was not until Josh removed it under threat of legal action that he removed it. Mods were nowhere to be found considering that the removal post was there. Either way tho, his SSN doesnt really matter.

 The only thing that matters is the money he stole from all of his clients and blatant fraud. Not to mention answering getting investigated for the hack. It is my opinion that he is the one who financed this. He certainly was involved in my opinion based on all his various statements. He has the means and most of all motive. Not to mention he has made death threats on people on here before, so why would a hacking attempt be any less of an issue for him?

Since when? This forum is full of sensitive personal information.

Meh.

Guys a fraudster let the UK gov't sort em out.  All that matters really is this guy can't be trusted plenty of evidence for that now.

As for Zipkin anyone willing to throw out death threats is willing to pay for the forum to be taken down. Anyone think he isn't capable of hiring someone to do that is mistaken.

The title is misleading. But the actual evidence (skype chats among other things) points to him likley being him. He certainly has the money to hire someone. He had been looking for someone for a long time. He attempted to hire me twice, I declined. I get there is alot of doubt here. But honestly he has the most motive. With him and his friends in KNC and bitmine running a petahash operation (this is known), and all of them with pending lawsuits where much of the evidence used against them is in this forum from their words....yea they are in a mess and have a strong financial motive to bring this forum down.

With a hack that compromises passwords, they COULD state the forum was compromised and the legal footing and data integrity in a case would be at risk.

so this is the recent reason why btctalk was down?

I really doubt it.. how do you know this person really this like wheres the proof? I read some of it, then just stopped.

i second that, a lot of their information that were supposed to be "facts" turns out to be theories.

we should get a valued member to start a NEWS for crypto. a real news. not just a website attracting traffic for ads.

He contacted me via Skype because he thought I was a computer security expert. It just happens that such an expert shares my name.

I have no doubt that he was trying to get a hold of me for nefarious reasons. He didn't seem to believe me at first when I told him he had the wrong guy. Though luckily he kept talking to me.

He lost his shit when I posted some of our chat to Bitcoin talk. He was ignoring me at the time, but that got his attention.

Obviously there is no evidence that we have (yet) that it was him. Theymos might be the only one who will get the needed info to piece it together. We do know this though. Zipkin had the intent to hack the forums as show in the skpye chats, The motive in trying to clean up his image and get rid of anything that could be used against him at trial, and the means if not by directly doing it then by paying some one to do it.

Yes there are other groups or people here that would have the motive ans the means, but I'm not sure others have such strong support for intent.

Hell even Bruno posted the death threats that zipkin made while chatting with me.

Re: The Skype chats, They came from my chatroom originally setup to find out a solution to the A1 miner problem AMT/Bitmine.ch had. ref  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9277338 and https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9277558

As for the hack, yes, no smoking gun. Just intent and motive though the article does (briefly) point out that other parties are just as er, miffed, at Bitcointalk. Only difference we have Joshua Zipkin himself on record actually making an offer for someone to do it. But - still not definitive proof.

Only thing that's making me salty is the fact that you two haven't gotten a room yet, with the way you're carrying on here.

You two come off as a bitter married couple that likes to snipe at each other, then hate-fuck afterwards.

It's pathetic. Both of you.

/salt

Forget thee not Joshua Zipkin also has (now publicly) stated intent per the Skype chats. And before ya get into that aspect (the chats) ref to https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9277338 and https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9277558

However, I agree that there certainly is no smoking gun and in fact Jeff Owenby of BFL has some recent though again, so far let's say 'insetting, links to the hack as well.

As for the article, I tend to agree that CCN may not have been the best place to go to BUT the piece does start out saying that is is speculative article.

While the Skype convos do point a finger at Josh as a possible perp, that is all it says. No where does the article conclude that Joshua Zipkin had anything to do with it. It only brings up that he *and/or others* could well have been involved.

No.
The OP picked a bad name for the thread. However they were hacked via Social Engineering Hack. Once their intrusion was detected the Forum went off-line for cleanup.

As there is no other known lead to this besides the IP and email Theymos posted, this is as good as anything to investigate first. Josh has proven to be good at opening the right doors for himself. Its known he has the money for this ergo the means. He has a court case that would fall apart as much as the evidence used against him (his own words) are from this very site. If he loses the case its millions he is on the hook for, and if for some reason he cant pay it, he is on the hook for millions. Which will lead to a federal investigation. All these things are known to him. So yes if anyone has a strong motivation to bring this site down its him. CCN did not appear to present this as he did it. Maybe with the catchy title, but thats typical of any news organization these days. Sensationalism sells. either way the word is out there and the facts are available for those who want to dig deeper.

Someone is wearing an eye patch, look at the post just above . As I said last time, everything is about Bick because he makes it about Bick. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.11464695


That's a different perspective to the CCN article which basically concluded he did it + ??. Motive is not evidence, its motive.

At any point was I never said he himself hacked the site. BUT I am reasonably certain based on ALOT of information I already have and have posted to this forum, that he had something to do with this. If he gets investigated I am sure something will drop regarding this. Since his last post on BCT the site has been hacked twice. This is not forensic by any stretch, but its certainly a lead and someone with extreme motive and means (money stolen from clients). So he certainly could have gotten someone to do this considering he approached me and others on this. Its worth investigating considering his other actions.

There you go again... Dragging him into something completely unrelated.

You really are a sad, bitter person, aren't you ?

No, that is not evidence that he hacked anything. This quote just highlights the problems in the article:

You see? You're trying to spin a conspiracy into "he did it" when its just that, a conspiracy. And CCN has run with it because clicks = money.

Bitcointalk was DDoS'd?

Secret like Quickseller keeps his name and location off the books?

Funny if we are talking about trust and reputation someone that supported Marto74 for months really shouldn't be commenting on trust of something like CCN right Adam? Also remember that Zipkin and Martin are best buds and probably hanging out in Bulgaria together enjoying the BTC they scammed with Loshia and Dogie's complicity. At what point does Adam Allcock's defense of Josh Zipkin give you the creeps? Hairs standing up on the back of my neck right now.

Anon: So, Joshua, what's your plans?
Joshua Zipkin: I'm going kill Bruno.
Anon: Are you going to hack BCT?
Joshua Zipkin: Why you ask me that?
Anon: Because you said you were going to and Jews always keep their words.
Joshua Zipkin: I was only kidding on that. Doing something like hacking could get me in trouble.


"Like we chat at the Mason Temple, 'Cross my heart, I never lie, stick my finger in my eye.'"

Don't trust cryptocoinsnews. Believe me, of the 2-3 major bitcoin news websites they're the least ethical. Their good authors resigned after receiving backlash for writing there. I'm pretty sure that the real admin of the website keeps his identity a secret to this day.

So the full content of skype chats (in my sig) is not evidence enough? Kinda hard to make that much stuff up. Easy to check against the forums posts as well. And the screenshots are not random or old. In fact I challenge you to find earlier versions of those. I took those screenshots on the 25th to CCN as they were requesting them. They have unedited versions I provided as well  but these are cropped to preserve the privacy of other people on my contact list.

And there is no hard proof he did do this. BUT there is plenty of evidence if one is looking. For instance. Joshua Zipkin's twitter has been very active with alot of SEO friendly links. Things that would bump him up on the rankings. This is something he is known for. In fact before mining this was his thing. Someone with his level of desperation would hire someone to bring this forum down. Considering that there are others in the same circumstance, its very plausible that he conspired with his family/buddies in KNC, Technobit and bitmine.ch to bring this down. Their petahash operation cant generate new business if their reputations are smeared here. Business is lost.

Joshua made it his mission to bring this forum down, there are others who can back this information up.

The article and the claims are garbage. I skimmed it once and I skimmed it again, it goes like this:

Bitcointalk is great
AMT + Joshua Zipkin sucks
We don't like Josua Zipkin *insert random old screenshots*
He would enjoy if Bitcointalk broke
Therefore Joshua Zipkin hacked Bitcointalk + add some question marks so can't be sued

If there is some actual evidence in there, please point it out.

What QS said is true. CCN is not a credible news site. They use lot of speculation and tell it's a fact.

@OP: I recommend you to message CoinTelegraph. You need to provide them with valid proof. CoinDesk is also good.

Is quickseller trying to bury the association?

Interesting in deed.

Opi stop listening to QS I doubt he knows anything more about all this than you do personally and spread the information FAR and WIDE leave no media or agency untouched with the information. Some of it will stick. Mister Quickseller is anonymous entity on these boards and covers up his location / identity for someone that is supposedly trustworthy you might want to be more careful in your interactions with this user Opi.

...and Dogie and other shills will reply in 4... 3... 2... 1... to defend QS.

Any suggestions? I got plenty of info. Blockchain analysis and all sorts of other goodies that the press can use. But mainstream media wont touch this for sure. I already know as I have contacts in the mainstream media. Its something for now to get the light shined on this. If it goes viral I will work with whoever to make sure the info gets out there. Joshua Zipkin has done alot of things to ruin alot of peoples lives, I want to make sure he sees justice. Hacking the forum is certainly one of those things I am sure he was involved in. This likley was a coordinated effort with various people fronting money including him to make this happen. But I am sure he is the weak link in this whole mess that will bring the house of cards down.

Done! I had to google "how to submit information to the FBI from CANADA" lol this is by far the weirdest thing I have ever done. And The connections were when I was lurking and following him. I saw his IP show up on some blocked sites that I couldn't access so I did a trace-route with "Die.net" and alot of the ips and stuff that came up was disgusting.

I think you would probably have more success at taking him down if you submitted your claims/proof to a more reputable news source. As mentioned above, CCN is not a credible source and most (or probably all) of what they write is not going to be taken seriously.

Yup like I said, get that child porn stuff of Joshua Zipkin to the FBI. They don't fuck around with that so they will act quick if its legit.

Indeed. I provided CCN with additional proof should it be necessary to further validate they have ALOT of the content to implicate him in way more than just this hack. The screengrabs I provided were edited to preserve not just my privacy but the contacts in which are shown. I backed up the main.db file from the skype logs to ensure the integrity of the file is maintained. My interest here is to get the attention of law enforcement to start looking at him as a valid suspect. He and his cohorts at KNC, bitmine and technobit have MASSIVE motive as his and his cohorts petahash operation goes with it should they be implicated in this.

They also have motive as they have relentlessly been bashed here due to their frauds. He made it his mission to bring this forum down. CCN had this information a year ago. But it was not as relevant as it is now in light of what happened. I provided them the information in FULL so they have a good accounting months worth of chats. They have ALOT more than what they presented in the article. For a while I and a few others were somewhat insiders trying to make sure we and everyone got their miners. When that didn't happen, we started gathering info, which now is being used against him. The legal system has failed us in dealing with him early on. So getting the press out on him is the next best thing here. He has stated his motive.

I played nice because I wanted to see how much he was willing to tell, once it was obvious he had 0 intent on doing right by anyone.

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Dude its me CHRIS!!! lol I made a fwitter account to repost information safely(his sin#)..... I AM SORRY. We good now?

Based on my primarily review of this person's background, it doesn't sound like he is exactly a great guy. With that being said, I don't think that anything CCN publishes is going to be reliable or credible. The evidence presented in the article means nothing as Skype logs can be faked, as can screenshots.

Even if the Skype logs prove to be legit, that doesn't mean that he was the one behind the hack. I am sure that there are a lot of people who want to hack the forum for a wide range of reasons.

I have some valuable info that also connects him with some child **** sites. I don't have my linux box up but if no one will stop me I am going to grab some redbull and go to town. Thoughts?

Also no I am not his ex wife lol!!! Just someone who thinks he is a bag of shitake and Love the bitcoin forums. Open discussion is where we can actually move forward in society. Bitcointalk is a platform for this so not only is he a prick and creep but he morally disgusts me.

-All that needs for evil to prevail, is for good men to do nothing-

Edit: The email posted MAY be his wife's tho....

My guess is you are the ex wife? Wild guess here Based on the name and the fact he mentioned he was on verge of divorce the last time he chatted on good terms with anyone. OR you are someone else. The bank info ultimately would be useful for the court case against him as evidence. Maybe they can force a subpoena on it and get some info on the financials. But alot of his real profit is from the mining hardware he built and kept for himself for the petahash mining project he was bragging about. KNC appears to be the beneficiary of that project. He had lots of dragon miner clones built. Which is what ultimately got shipped to a few people in shitty condition.  

EDIT identity of poster in later post revealed

I know he was highly motivated and I provided the proof to CCN to get the attention on this. That said he himself would not have done it. He does not have the technical knowhow for that. That ALSO being said, He was looking to hire someone for this, he attempted to hire me. I was not having any part of that.

I have already filed with the FBI and a number of law enforcement agencies have reached out to me regarding his fraud. I do think he is the weak link in a concerted effort. In other chats, he has made it clear he regularly met with certain people, KNC, Bitmine and Technobit on a regular basis. The connections there are either familial or through family so alot of close ties there. I also firmly believe that bitmine's "open letter" is a crock of shit. Based on the wallet analysis of Joshua Zipkin (AND the details of the class action which shows Jim Brown a alleged partner on paper is actually a fictitious person) there is alot of fraudulent behavior. I provided not only the edited screenshots but considerable proof to CCN on the hack.

It is very likely he did find someone to hire someone to whitewash his name. If you look at his record and various online profiles, SEO is HUGE thing for him. Even now he posts on twitter daily in order to drop the rank of anything negative to his name. This is why I am keeping the pressure on him. In the collusion these various scam artists have been pulling and mining with hardware that is rightfully the customers that paid for it, (with the Miner Protection guarantees they advertised) Joshua Zipkin is the weak link. I am of the opinion that Joshua Zipkin has now learned to play through proxies and sock puppet accounts the same way a retarded monkey plays with blocks.

Getting people motivated to start looking at these guys and fighting back is the ONLY way hacks stop and we all get justice. The community and bitcoin has suffered tremendously because of these pricks.  KNC, AMT (Joshua Zipkin), Bitmine and Technobit are the companies to keep a close eye on based on all the information out there.

This topic is coming down shortly, but this is the first thing that comes up when you google search him:

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-mining-figure-joshua-zipkin-responsible-bitcointalk-hack/

Joshua Zipkin's Social Security Number: moderator note: posting sensitive personal information is not allowed
AMT US: TD Bank Account Number: 4288492477
AMT EUR: DSK Bank: BG98STSA93000062834604
As I no longer work for them, I figure vital info can only help at this point. Anyone which would like to know more please email me at MSashkova (at) mail . com , i'll be happy to help.