Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>In November 2024, a BreachForums user called "Nam3L3ss" dumped more than 100 databases on BreachForums. The databases were cleaned-up databases from the Clop MOVEit breach of 2023. He plans to leak even more databases in the coming weeks and months. Some will also be from MOVEit, but he claims there will be many others from other sources.</p><p>He is not selling the data. He is just giving it away. </p><p>Being a psychologist by background, I really wanted to understand what he has been doing and why. So we chatted. And chatted. And I've written some of it up in a multi-part interview format that begins here:</p><p>Conversation with a “Nam3L3ss” Watchdog: Preface<br><a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-preface/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreaches.net/2024/12/23/co</span><span class="invisible">nversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-preface/</span></a></p><p>To jump directly to specific parts:</p><p>Part 1, his background and motivation:<br><a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-1-background/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreaches.net/2024/12/23/co</span><span class="invisible">nversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-1-background/</span></a></p><p>Part 2, his methods:<br><a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-2-methods/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreaches.net/2024/12/23/co</span><span class="invisible">nversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-2-methods/</span></a></p><p>Part 3 ethical concerns and his goals:<br><a href="https://databreaches.net/2024/12/23/conversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-3-ethics-and-goals/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreaches.net/2024/12/23/co</span><span class="invisible">nversation-with-a-nam3l3ss-watchdog-part-3-ethics-and-goals/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dataleaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataleaks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Nam3L3ss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nam3L3ss</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Clop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MOVEit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MOVEit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>