From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topiary_%28hacktivist%29 "Topiary (also known as Gardenslayer[1]) is a hacktivist and self-described "Supporter of Anonymous Operations, WikiLeaks, and maintaining freedom on the Internet"[2] and is heavily involved within the Internet group Anonymous. He is allegedly part of a small team of hacktivists working with Anonymous, including members such as Avunit, Kayla, Entropy, Sabu, Marduk and Tflow. They are supposedly behind various online attacks, including hacking HBGary,[3] Westboro Baptist Church, Gawker,[4] and government websites of countries such as Zimbabwe,[5] Tunisia,[6] Ireland[7] and Egypt.[8] Some speculate that they are responsible for a large attack on 4chan in 2008 and were actively involved in attacks on the websites of PayPal, Visa and Mastercard during Operation Payback. On February 24, 2011, Topiary gained mass attention after he appeared on The David Pakman Show and successfully replaced a Westboro Baptist Church webpage with a message from Anonymous during an on-air confrontation with Shirley Phelps-Roper.[9] A recording of this event was placed on YouTube,[10] where it quickly went viral, reaching just over one million views in five days." aka whirlpool, t[2] Jun 01 05:26:18 * t[2] is now known as Topiary http://twitter.com/#!/atopiary Jun 01 03:50:16 okay well, I'm staying away from TinyChat with those camwhores anyway Jun 01 03:50:23 Sabu and I got a bit carried away and gave LulzSec away a bit Jun 01 03:51:08 I'm just assuming it's fakegregghoush + co., they monitor all of Parmy's posts Jun 01 03:51:19 I used "Whirlpool" in a recent LulzSec interview (the only interview) Jun 01 03:51:24 with Parmy; their Wiki is updated with it May 31 13:16:03 I auth'd to shipyard but named my net freedomsasl Storm and Topiary possibly close relative to their timezone? Jun 01 02:19:20 sup Jun 01 02:19:45 just woke up, anything exciting happening with you? Jun 01 02:19:53 yeah i just ate bbq Jun 01 02:19:54 :D Jun 01 02:20:10 and i just woke up as well Bad weather on June 1st (should help narrow down location) Jun 01 02:43:23 my connection is being a dick Jun 01 02:43:26 I think it's the weather Topiary uses strongvpn Jun 01 03:39:19 188.126.75.119 Jun 01 03:39:25 that's StrongVPN Jun 01 03:39:31 I've used that exact server before Also iPredator, favorite among Anon types Jun 01 05:18:39 * Topiary hops in iPredator VPN for the lulz and connects to 2600 Topiary on Swiss VPN Jun 01 05:38:04 * [ego] (~ego@46.19.143.19): ego Jun 01 05:38:06 don't DDoS me pl0x Jun 01 05:43:30 05:43 -!- egotistical [~ego@46.19.143.19] has joined #lulzsec Jun 01 05:43:30 05:43 < egotistical> bitches Jun 01 05:43:32 ROFL Jun 01 05:43:36 that you? Jun 01 05:43:49 it's me inetnum: 46.19.143.0 - 46.19.143.63 netname: CLIENT1096 descr: Client1096 country: CH admin-c: PB12395-RIPE tech-c: PB12395-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: KP73900-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered person: Phil Blancett address: P.O. Box 19719 South Lake Tahoe, CA 96151 United States phone: +15305544491 nic-hdl: PB12395-RIPE mnt-by: KP73900-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered Found this interesting tidbit. This implies that Topiary's first name might be Phillip. 22:27 <@Topiary> here's what I was thinking: Greg is using other Anons as targets to get us,he'll ask dumb innocent shit like "so what are these guys' roles, links to anything they'vedone?" - I'm going to start telling certain groups of Anons in private that my first name isDerrick 22:27 <@Topiary> tell others that my first name is John 22:27 <@Topiary> others Jack 22:27 <@Topiary> if word leaks that Greg thinks I'm Philip 22:27 <@Topiary> I know exactly who blabbed 22:27 <@Topiary> and who to fuck up This implies that Topiary is not from USA. 22:45 <@Topiary> I'm actually going to call Greg/Aaron from a Cali google center via mygmail, fake an American voice and ask them if they enjoyed their new twitte