Episode 164: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 1)

Patrick Tomlinson

This week on the show, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal how a tweet about Norm MacDonald led to an unhinged five-year harassment campaign, and the woman trying to solve the mystery of who is behind it.

Jackie Singh’s HackingButLegal.com

Washington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”

Weev on Singh aka Jax

Jackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting Terror

Vice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America”

Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick Tomlinson

Daily Beast:  “Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can’t Stop Them”

Patrick Tomlinson: “How Trolls Hack Twitter to Silence the Rest of Us”