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“I had him, I swear, I—I kept him safe.”
#waaaaaaaaaaagh#tsunami!buck#rewatched this with my mum the other day (her first run through)#and just had to draw my proxy son trying to keep his proxy son safe 😭#evan buckley#buck#evan buck buckely#buckaroo#911#9 1 1#911 art#9 1 1 art#911 fanart#9 1 1 fanart#christopher diaz#national treasure christopher diaz#buddie#911 spoilers#s3e02#sink or swim#oliver stark#fanart#art#illustration#queer artist#qww arts#queerweewoo
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eddie diaz: i’m going to connect with this kid from a call SO HARD
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Oh my God Bobby's dog face when Eddie just leaves without reviewing him he just wants a review so bad 🥺👉👈
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Hello again @lonestar-s5countdown! I’m very late again but did another deep dive for more redemption stories! (With a lot of focus on TK) I also wanted to find stories that featured Tommy— she gets a lot less than Owen.
Tommy:
We rejoice in our suffering by Jecari: Tommy tries to reconnect with Charles and her daughters as she adjusts to returning to her job as a first responder.
Young love by Jecari: A snippet of how Charles and Tommy’s union evolves from their adolescence.
A little faith by SneetchesToo: A continuation of Tommy’s frustration at not being to have children (yet).
Heaven forbid by WhenSheReads: Tommy’s POV of 3x02 and her worry over TK’s condition.
At the end of the storm by RamblingDisaster73: The events of 3x03 to 3x04, from Tommy’s POV.
Owen:
It feels like an out of body experience by @marjansmarwani: A 2x12 coda that forces Owen to take responsibility for the collateral damage to TK and Carlos.
Catching up with the stars by RamblingDisaster73: Ten chapters of one-shots where Owen talks to Gwyn. (Oh, it also leads into the Grief theme!)
It’s not over series by SneetchesToo: Features Michelle in a more prominent role. And most of all, Owen eating quite a bit of humble pie and (un?)successfully coming to terms with the fact that he might need help.
Forgiven is not forgotten by winterschild: A 3x05 coda, where TK can only forgive Owen for being absent and indirectly (/accidentally) screwing over his life so many times. Especially when his latest date infringes on Carlos’ kidnapping case.
Deep Dive for Redemption:
The long way home by RamblingDisaster73: One of the more concise 3x04 codas that focus on Tarlos’ reconciliation.
Numb by come2gusu: A gritty look into how TK’s detox in California goes. Currently ongoing.
All this and Graceland too by misgivings: An AU where after TK breaks up with Carlos, he relapses and then recovers.
Fall on me by @moviegeek03: Judd looks for the man who put him and Grace in the hospital, and TK tries to intervene.
I’m so tired of being afraid by @marjansmarwani: TK does some introspection into why he’s reluctant to make his will because everyone’s roasting him about it was slightly funny but a lot of it also rubbed me the wrong way. Fear is completely understandable, even if it’s not excusable.
You say your past will cut me by RamblingDisaster73: Both a lead-in to the next theme, Grief, and a Redemption story where Owen, TK and Carlos try to recover from the plane malfunction in 3x08.
Pinned like a butterfly by benjaminrussell: … I discovered this addition to last week’s theme fic recs too late. Sorry, Paul!
You can’t hide from time by @marjansmarwani: With Carlos by his side, TK visits New York and the firehouse team he left behind.
Something for the pain by @moviegeek03: A post-ice storm coda where two families saved by the 126 pays the favor forward.
To celebrate some of the wonderful fic in this fandom, we will be compiling fic recs that fit the theme of each week of the countdown!
This week, the theme is Redemption. Fic featuring characters getting redeemed, characters seeking and earning forgiveness, characters learning from their mistakes or characters proving themselves is particularly on point here! You can also rec any fic featuring Owen Strand and/or Tommy Vega, the two characters we’re putting a bit of extra focus on this week.
If you have fic recs to contribute, make a post and tag it ‘911ls season 5 countdown fic recs’ or tag @lonestar-s5countdown! At the end of the week, we’ll make a post with all of the week’s fic recs.
This is open to everyone, but also tagging some fic readers who might be interested:
@thisbuildinghasfeelings @herefortarlos @reasonandfaithinharmony @she-walked-away @lemonlyman-dotcom
@paperstorm @reyesstrand @nancys-braids @heartstringsduet @tellmegoodbye
@ironheartwriter @fifthrideroftheapocalypse @alrightbuckaroo @whatsintheboxmh @carlos-in-glasses
@firstprince-history-huh @welcometololaland @rmd-writes @strandnreyes @emsprovisions
@fallout-mars @freneticfloetry @theghostofashton @lightningboltreader @fangirl-paba
#911ls season 5 countdown#911ls season 5 countdown fic recs#911 lone star#redemption week#tk strand#owen strand#tommy vega#charles vega#judd ryder#billy tyson#by proxy tho#carlos reyes
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i’m a very superstitious person, there’s a few things i consider to be rules of the universe. one of which being the rule of threes. so there’s one thing that— if it comes up one more time in 911— will make me believe in canon buddie by the end of the season, possibly even the end of the episode.
in 2x01 the call that creates buck and eddie’s friendship, where they decide to have each others backs, is helping a man named charlie. They very prominently ask for and repeat this man’s name. Probably not meaning anything at the time but interesting when looking at this pattern.
in 4x13 the child they suspect of being a munchausens by proxy victim is named charlie. Obviously the episode of the shooting, the will, the everything of it all. But also the episodes where rumors have it that buddie was supposed to be some form of canon but blocked by fox higher ups. If you believe in these rumors it starts to be really interesting that both of the victims in these situations share the same name.
so to me, a sure fire sign that it’s happening is if we get an emergency where they establish the victim being named charlie and have buck and eddie take point on the rescue. third times the charm!
#i know i should get to my points faster so people give me notes but i like to make my prose pretty#911 abc#buddie#evan buckley#eddie diaz
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Okay so it’s seems I have brain rot by proxy the way I’m sitting in bed, repeatedly refreshing my tumblr to see the 911 abc updates I’m just gonna binge the show
#911 abc#911 show#my brain cells#they won’t let me rest#bobby nash#eddie diaz#evan buckley#chimney han#maddie buckley#maddie han#the way I know so much from mutuals but haven’t watched the show myself is insane
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AND their doing münchausen by proxy ?? What a fucking treat 😍
Unexpected saviour sibling mention on the 911 show lets gooooo !!!!!!!!!!!
#lets give it up for saviour siblings and victims of münchausen by proxy !!#there are few things that disturb me more than these 2 phenomenons 😃 lets goooo#911
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Hello lovely people of 911,
Please please please give me fic recs where either Buck or Eddie is hurt and the other turns out to be their power of attorney/medical proxy and everyone reacts to that?
(I love seeing the 118 fam react to how intertwined Buck and Eddies lives are, some fics even have them both already knowing and having discussed what they want in certain situations, like if they want to pull the plug if they’re on life support too long)
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Fic Planning - H50 / 911 Crossover
Creating a post for bouncing H50/911 crossover ideas...
The main problem I have here, is that I have *so many* different ideas on how these two shows could crossover. Because I have so many ideas, I am also interested in what others find most intriguing.
Oh, also putting at the beginning: I am a McDanno and Buddie shipper, so anything I write will likely go that route.
Various thoughts on how the characters could meet:
While Buck was wandering around during his traveling years, he ended up in Newark in winter. Detective Danny Williams wasn't going to let Buck (at that time known as Evan) to sleep in his car
The typical - Buck meets Steve at BUD/S or, Buck actually became a SEAL and met Steve that way
Eddie met Steve while both were serving
The complicated: Buck was a SEAL. But he doesn't know this. Buck's last mission as a SEAL left him with memory-loss. For some reason, the higher-ups decided that it was best to not try and get Buck's memory back. Seeing as he remembered BUD/S but nothing after, they told him he was in a car accident, that he's been drifting around traveling (to explain any memories he may have of different countries, etc), and he rang out of BUD/S years ago. Buck believes them. So when he tells Bobby he rang out, he believes that to be true. Meanwhile, Buck's SEAL team get told he died. So Steve, thinks Buck is dead. Until one day when he sees Buck on the news... which could be any of a number of times - ladder truck, the well, aftermath of the tsunami, the shooting, etc
Various times at which the shows could crossover / a fic be set:
After the ladder truck bombing - Buck still has either Danny or Steve (depending on who he's already met) listed as his medical proxy. Hand-wavy with medical stuff as I don't know how it works in the US, but maybe his earlier injuries on the job weren't enough to need more than his emergency contact. This time, with medical decisions needing to be made while Buck can't make those decisions, they have to make the call.
As an alternative to the lawsuit - after finding out Bobby is holding him back, Buck gets a call (from either Danny or Steve), and ends up confessing what is going on. He then gets invited to Hawaii for a bit. Thinks, why not, seeing as he's not being allowed to work anyway.
Fight-ring era. Eddie knows he needs to get out of the fighting, but also that he may be in deeper than he'd thought. So he rings an old friend to help him get out and keep his family safe.
the tsunami - the same day Buck and Chris are at the Pier, so are Steve and Grace (hand-waving timelines here). After Buck loses Chris and while he's looking for him, he comes across Grace. Who has been split up from her Uncle Steve. Meanwhile, Steve finds Chris. For this one, the characters have not necessarily met before.
Eddie's breakdown. Eddie finds out all those he saved have since died. Meanwhile, one of those who died did so in Hawaii and Five-0 investigate. Turns out the deaths maybe aren't so accidental after all. So they have to try and contact the last remaining survivor before he becomes another victim. (Alternatively, they could stop the killer before *all* of those Eddie saves dies)
and I could keep going... so many thoughts...
(@bybobbysbeard @mayberrycryptid @dielgonacoffee thank you for your interest in helping bounce ideas and please let me know if you know of an easier way to do this)
#h50#mcdanno#buddie#911#steve mcgarrett#danny williams#eddie diaz#evan 'buck' buckley#h50 911 crossover#fic idea#my fic ideas#h50 fic#911 fic
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Something I'm always meaning to delve into more in terms of media/literary analysis is the idea that a lot of assumptions made about how writers/shows FEEL about various characters based on how a narrative treats them or is shaped around them....is better attributed to those things being symptomatic of the role those characters occupy in a story.
Like I just mean....Buck from 911 is a great example of this IMO. A very common trend in fandom w/fandom faves is to project heavily onto fave characters from the basis of 'this character, like me, is often unappreciated or taken advantage of or always ends up being the one apologizing even when its not fair or they weren't the one in the wrong.'
And to be clear, I'm not saying this with any sort of judgment. Hell, I do it with a lot of my faves too (cough cough Dick Grayson) bc like, ppl come to fandoms for a lot of different reasons and look to get different things out of fandom and fanfic and discussing meta & the like.....and that can often include using favorite characters as proxies to work out our personal frustrations about not being viewed or interacted with by the people in our lives in the ways that we would like to or feel like we deserve.
So there's an understandable element to ppl gravitating to (and projecting onto) characters that we view as mirroring situations or dynamics we've experienced in our own lives, and seeing them as an opportunity to give voice to complaints about them being mistreated/unappreciated by their friends & families...that maybe reflect things we sometimes feel about our own personal dynamics but keep to ourselves for fear of rocking the boat or worrying that maybe we actually are being unreasonable.
(Because after all, sometimes we ARE being unreasonable when feeling that 'so and so just doesn't UNDERSTAND what we were thinking/why we did something' and like, on some level we KNOW that and are aware that the adult thing to do is to just.....let it go....but before we do that, we've got to spend some time sitting in our Feels. Enter....fanfic and character proxies).
I mentioned Buck from 911 because he's a classic example of a white fave that's been woobified to hell and back by his fandom, with a disproportionate amount of fandom focus devoted to the times other characters do him wrong, or he's treated unfairly by a narrative or ends up apologizing despite not being the one at fault.....
BUT. Its not that people are pulling these instances completely out of their ass, IMO....there IS basis for fans feeling that certain storylines are at his expense.....
I just disagree with a lot of the conclusions drawn as to WHY these storylines play out these ways.
There's a tendency with fandom faves that are projected onto in these specific ways....to be seen or talked about as if they're a show or comic or book's designated punching bag. Like all this stuff happens to them, the narrative draws the wrong idea about who was right and who was wrong....because the writer(s) don't "get" or appreciate or maybe even LIKE the character as much as they do the other characters.
But in Buck's case at least, that's just 100% not a thing. That's not the issue. He's a clear fave of the writers, he's a central, if not THE central focus of the show nine out of ten times.....like. He's not neglected or unloved by the show or the writers or the narratives. He's just flat out not, lol.
And yet.....there are plenty of occasions where I would agree that the show makes some very weird (and even upsetting) choices when it comes to resolving his interpersonal conflicts with various other characters, or wrapping up one of his storylines. A lot of the "making up" scenes after a big fight DO have him caving, or being the one to apologize even if he wasn't the one instigating or engaging in the more obviously harmful behavior, etc. And it could even be argued that if you were to tally up all the times you think the show frames something as Buck being the one in the wrong or the one needing to do more to make things right, compared to the times the show frames other characters being blatantly wrong or needing to make amends.....these tallies would have Buck "in the lead."
But the thing is, you gotta look at the reasons WHY things shape out that way.
For instance:
1. Buck IS a clear central focus of the show....and that means he gets a disproportionate amount of the narrative's focus or screentime, compared to a lot of other characters. And when you're on screen more than most anyone else, then yes, you're going to be able to add up more examples of pretty much ANYTHING, relative to the other characters. That's a numbers game.
Buck is 'in the wrong' with more of the other characters, more often than any other character....because the show devotes more time & focus to HIS interpersonal conflicts. You're not often going to see Chimney being all mea culpa with Bobby after a big fight they have, compared to how many times the show has Buck framed that way....because (post Season One) the show just flat out doesn't SHOW Chimney and Bobby having interpersonal conflicts or dynamics to the same degree it has Buck and Bobby engaged in those.
2. In a procedural ensemble like 911, every character has a specific niche. And those niches play a huge role in how the writers approach setting up, crafting and resolving each character's solo storylines. This isn't a reflection of writer bias so much as narrative convenience. Buck's niche within the show is the little brother of Station 118, Maddie's little brother, Bobby's surrogate son, etc.
And so, when things need a quick resolution, the narrative has to cut corners to wrap up a solo character's C Plot so the episode can get back to focusing on its A and B plots.....yeah, a lot of times the writers default back to the simplest and most basic elements of older sibling/younger sibling, parent/child, mentor/protege dynamics.
And because of how we tend to approach those particular dynamics as a society in general....come crunch time, the writers aren't really looking to reinvent the wheel or choose the final ten minutes of an episode or seasonal arc as the ideal time to subvert expectations here.
So....a lot of times, yeah, Buck 'draws the short straw' and defers to the wisdom of his elders, is quicker to apologize or admit wrongdoing, chalk things up to being reckless or immature, even if that's not necessarily what the narrative UP to that point had been building towards....but this isn't because nobody understands Buck or appreciates him or thinks he can ever be the one in the right when fighting with Bobby or Eddie or Chimney or Maddie.....its because its just narratively more convenient for the writers, to steer things towards a resolution that dovetails into social expectations.
The surrogate child is more likely to be viewed as the one who needed to learn a lesson than the surrogate parent, the younger sibling has more to acknowledge or appreciate about what the older sibling does on their behalf, the less experienced firefighter is more likely to have jumped the gun or made the wrong call than his teammates who have years of experience over him.
These things aren't knocks against his character - at least that's not the intent in a lot of these resolutions, IMO - bc not every writing choice in a writer's room is made with the aim of being the optimal choice for that character. Sometimes its just....shooting deadlines means they need the final draft of the script, the showrunner tells whomever is doing final pass on the pages to get that climactic character conflict scene wrapped up, and when in doubt....go with the quickest and easiest way to bring those characters to a resolution.
Now, you can certainly argue whether or not this is good writing, or ideal prioritization....but I mean, that's kinda the point of fanfic, isn't it? To explore the aspects/elements/angles of characters and stories that the source material skimps on or leaves on the cutting room floor due to corporate interests, studio & editorial mandates, actor & budget & scheduling conflicts or limitations, etc. My point isn't "oh you should just accept these writing & character choices and never disagree with them ever" its just...."you should not default to assuming these writing and character choices obviously happened because Everybody Hates Buck."
Anyway, this is the point where tumblr glitched on me and gave me heartburn when this post abruptly disappeared and gave me a red bar saying "your post was too out of this world and you crashed the tumblr editor" so despite having more to say I will NOT be chancing it and thus here, have a completely random denoument, the end, and SCENE. This has been a post. Thanks for tuning in!
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No but why is 911 literally all over my socials right now? I mean specifically buck and eddie like damn, I hadn't even heard of this show until a week ago and now these 2 fuckers are all I see and I haven't seen a single second of the actual show.
So here's what I've absorbed entirely from social media:
Buck is a pretty newly minted Baby Bi and Eddie is his (hot) BFF and they have a Would-Be thing and people are feral for them.
Baby Bi got with an NPC generic stock photo of a man that is some kind of GI Joe and opinions... differ wildly (I assume cos it smacks of network distraction/consolation?)
Eddie is messy and has like a dead wife (or two?), a girlfriend (or two?), a brain tumour, and catholic guilt
Buddie have shared guardianship of a kid? Or like, straight up have a kid? From where? Who knows, but there's a kid.
Firefighters seem to be in mortal non-fire-related peril a lot.
Eddie is insanely hot, this has nothing to do with anything really but it needed saying again.
But yeah, anyway, rooting for you guys, my cynical millennial heart would be healed by proxy after all of the many many times a show used a fan favourite (queer) ship as advertisement with no follow through.
Now how am I the only person in the world not watching this show?? And is it worth a look?
#buddie#dont answer that last question#I read 911 as the date version for the longest time and was very very confused cos I was like is it set in 2001 or nah
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hi! anon about buck and eddie’s facial expressions back here. I agree with everything you said. Particularly this part:
“If you look at it like it's subtext that is meant to one day come to surface, as some sort of proof that this is not the actual story, you're either too deep in your world that you treat these characters like they have agencies and thoughts and feelings and are not, yknow, fictional - or that actors are making the conscious choice to layer their performances with breadcrumbs for a plot that doesn't exist at the time.”
I think so many people fall into this trap of consistently looking for subtext in their words, expressions, and body language because they’ve convinced themselves that buddie is happening and it is in the words and it is exactly what the writers are writing towards. I think this belief has gotten worse/stronger since bi buck because people have taken on the assumption that bi Buck happened as the first step in making buddie happen. That it would not have happened if buddie wasn’t the plan. Or that, if they can make bi Buck happen, surely they can make queer eddie happen, and by proxy, buddie. (I think this is one of the reasons they especially don’t like tommy. because “why is he here when buddie is supposed to be canon”). I largely disagree with that line of thinking and I also think with what we’ve been hearing in the interviews from the actors and Tim, Im not sure how people are clinging so tightly onto those beliefs.
I also think people forget to consider that there’s a general audience out here who are NOT there to read subtext within expressions and words, especially not in an network procedural. They’re going to take what’s being said at face value unless it is explicitly identified that someone may have *other* intentions through musical cues, obvious dialogue, expressions that don’t need to be paused on, etc.
Another thing I wanted to talk about and sorry to bombard you, is long term couple and the endgame conversation. I know endgame conversations aren’t fruitful because the shows still ongoing and external factors can affect situations, but when I look at buck and tommy and what they’ve set up with them, and with what I hope they can do in season 8, I can see them being “endgame” in the same regard as the other solidified couples on the show. Even with those couples we don’t necessarily know if they’re endgame since the show is still going and things could change, but in the world of the show, in the writing of the show, and in our minds, those couples are endgame and are each others other half. Like Maddie and Chim are it. Athena and Bobby are it. Hen and Karen are it. Just like that, I think Buck and Tommy could be it too, in the sense of the writing and not considering external, factors out of creative control.
I think the endgame conversation is different for shows like greys anatomy for instance where there was a revolving door of LI and couples and characters and you just never knew what you were going to get and where you were going. 911 is so different in that we’ve been with the same people since the very beginning and the three main couples have also been with each other since the very beginning. The only two characters who’ve had some what of a revolving door of LIs are buck and eddie, buck more so than eddie. Now going into the 8th season of the show, they’ve found someone for buck who feels largely different than his past LI in many ways and i think if it was earlier on in the shows run, I might be more hesitant to say they could easily be long term and in the running for endgame, but because we’re on s8, 911 is not cheap to make, the stories are seemingly running out, actors may want to move, etc etc, I think what they’ve done with tommy or tried to do with tommy is create a LI and by proxy a relationship that has the same lasting power as the already established relationships on the show. A relationship you can hopefully by the end of s8, see alongside the others, and think yeah this is just as good and believable as the others, albeit in their own unique ways!
Hi anon!
You're not bombarding me, don't worry. Sorry I'll keep this one short as I touched a lot of the points you make here in a previous ask about BuckTommy's potential. Like you said, I find endgame talks very moot but BuckTommy has so much potential that none of Buck's or Eddie's previous love interests had. I think the biggest fail of all of these relationships was how hard it was to bring these women into the fold of the main plot and the group dynamic. Tommy already has so many established relationships with the characters. As a first responder, and specifically air op, he could open up the plot to so many new emergencies. And like I said, they laid the foundation for the romance so well that if they treat them with care in s8 like they did with Madney in s2, at the end of the season, they could make them feel as established as those relationships regardless of endgame conversation. So if they break it in s8, it wouldn't be because of a lack of potential but because a lack of execution imo.
And I totally agree with your point about the general audience. There are some shows that require the audience to look close, to interpret themes and events differently than what has been presented (one of my favorite shows, Black Sails for example, is brilliant at this). 9-1-1 is not that. This is not a diss or me bashing the show, it's just basic recognition of what type of media we're consuming here.
Thanks for your asks!
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The United States Department of Justice on Wednesday announced charges against a 35-year-old Chinese national, Yunhe Wang, accused of operating a massive botnet allegedly linked to billions of dollars in fraud, child exploitation, and bomb threats, among other crimes.
Wang, identified by numerous pseudonyms—Tom Long and Jack Wan, among others—was arrested on May 24 and is accused of distributing malware through various pop-up VPN services, such as “ProxyGate” and “MaskVPN,” and by embedding viruses in internet files distributed via peer-to-peer networks known as torrents.
The malware is said to have compromised computers located in nearly every country in the world, turning them into proxies through which criminals were able to hide their identities while committing countless crimes. According to prosecutors in the US, this included the theft of billions of dollars slated for Covid-19 pandemic relief—funds allegedly stolen by foreign actors posing as unemployed US citizens.
According to an indictment, the infected computers allegedly provided Wang’s customers with a persistent backdoor, allowing them to disguise themselves as any one of the victims of Wang’s malware. This illicit proxy service, known as “911 S5,” launched as early as 2014, the US government says.
“The 911 S5 Botnet infected computers in nearly 200 countries and facilitated a whole host of computer-enabled crimes, including financial frauds, identity theft, and child exploitation,” says FBI director Christopher Wray, who described the illicit service as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.”
The US Treasury Department has also sanctioned Wang and two other individuals allegedly tied to 911 S5.
Wang is said to have amassed access to nearly 614,000 IP addresses in the US and more than 18 million others worldwide—collectively forming the botnet. 911 S5’s customers were able to filter the IPs geographically to choose where they’d like to appear to be located, down to a specific US zip code, the DOJ claims.
The indictment states that of the 150 dedicated servers used to manage the botnet, as many as 76 were leased by US-based service providers, including the one hosting 911 S5’s client interface, which allowed criminals overseas to purchase goods using stolen credit cards, in many cases for the alleged purpose of circumventing US export laws.
More than half a million fraudulent claims lodged with pandemic relief programs in the United States are allegedly tied to 911 S5. According to the indictment, nearly $6 billion in losses have been linked to IP addresses captured by 911 S5. Many of the IP addresses have been reportedly tied to more insidious crimes, including bomb threats and the trafficking of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM.
“Proxy services like 911 S5 are pervasive threats that shield criminals behind the compromised IP addresses of residential computers worldwide,” says Damien Diggs, the US attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, where the charges against Wang were brought by a grand jury earlier this month.
Adds Nicole Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division: “These criminals used the hijacked computers to conceal their identities and commit a host of crimes, from fraud to cyberstalking.”
At the time of writing, it is unclear whether these virtual impersonations resulted in any criminal investigations or charges against US-based victims whose IP addresses were hijacked as part of the 911 S5 botnet. WIRED is awaiting a response from the Department of Justice regarding this concern.
According to the Justice Department, law enforcement agencies in Singapore, Thailand, and Germany collaborated with US authorities to effect Wang’s arrest.
Wang faces charges of conspiracy, computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to money laundering, with a maximum penalty of 65 years in prison. The US is also seeking to seize a mountain of luxury cars and goods allegedly owned by Wang, including a 2022 Ferrari Spider valued at roughly half a million dollars as well as a Patek Philippe watch worth potentially several times that amount.
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