A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to “hacks-for-hire” controversy.
There was a Mastodon post yesterday from Reuters about Rajat Khare, this post contained the article OP posted and a link to an even more interesting article about the Indian Hacking for hire that this scumbag is responsible for:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-crime/a-confession-exposes-indias-secret-hacking-industry
"An Indian venture capitalist is mounting an international legal campaign to pressure major media outlets to remove his name from articles or take down the stories altogether, Confider has learned.
In a move that has press freedom campaigners troubled, Rajat Khare, co-founder of Appin, an India-based tech company, has used a variety of law firms in a number of different jurisdictions to threaten these U.S., British, Swiss, Indian, and French-language media organizations."
His name is Rajat Khare. Streisand effect activate !
And the original story is that:
On Nov. 16, Reuters published a special investigation under the headline “How an Indian startup hacked the world,” detailing how Appin allegedly became a “hack for hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians, military officials and wealthy elites around the globe”
I share the sentiment. But it’s a little tacky to call for a Streisand effect. It’s like saying “guys, I’m a cool dude, right?!”
Edit: bros, I know what the Streisand effect is. I just think it’s tacky that someone says “hey, let’s go Streisand effect on this person!”
Its the literal definition of Streisand effect. For example, I had no clue who this guy was till I read the story about him suppressing media.
I can’t believe it. The controversial tech mogul was behind it all along.
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