Hackstar in Exile: My intro to the American Wikileaks rapist

Most of my conversations with Jacob occured on encrypted chat platforms, and I did not save logs. This blog is my attempt to recover the story.

Alison's story: Sam's assault

Rather than allow Jake to play the victim, we must put the focus on his actual victims, and come to terms with what has happened and what comes next.

Leigh Honeywell's story: He said, they said

Many of our friends and colleagues saw the way he treated me and did nothing about it, so it took me years before I realized how abusive he was to me.

Feminae Cognosce's story in December 2016

I knew intellectually that this was rape, and I felt incredibly violated, but I didn’t tell anyone. People who are new to the community are the most at risk from predators.

Isis' story: the Forest for the trees

If our goal is to prevent more people from being harmed by Jake, prison is not an option. I do not wish these painful things I’ve gone through on anyone.

On Daniel J. Bernstein and Tanja Lange

The power couple of open source cryptography are some of the Wikileaks rapist Jacob Appelbaum's most important long-term boosters and sponsors.

River's story and 2017 update

Witness statement: "On the evening of January 1st, 2016, in Berlin Germany, Jacob Appelbaum raped me ... I was intoxicated, what happened to me was against my will and Jacob knew this."

Comeback attempt at CCC, Dec. 2023

Hacking communities need to be on the alert that Wikileaks rapist Jacob Appelbaum is seeing which infosec conferences won’t kick him out, or conveniently never banned him. CCC is one.

Guest post: Hacking in Parallel, Dec. 2022

First-person account of an encounter with Jacob Appelbaum on December 30, 2022, after Hacking in Parallel conference in Berlin