'Project Vigilant' Recruits At Defcon To Track You

angry tapir writes "A secretive volunteer group that tries to track terrorists and criminals on the Internet went to the Defcon hacker conference in hopes of recruiting information security experts, but it will first have to overcome some skepticism. That's because most information security professionals have never heard of the group, called Project Vigilant."

Re:Recruit Anonymous

[elrous0]

You would probably get better results telling the Church of Scientology that this company is out to get Scientology. They would be swarmed with private detectives, character assassins, corrupt cops, and seedy lawsuits within days.

Re:bogus

[RobM9999]

If you like that then check out the linked site for BPH Global. besides being a) the same color. b) the same cheap-ass Drupal. c) even crappier looking (if possible)., click on the Background link and read that. I have read better written spam emails which want to give me millions/make my p3n1s bigger/ sell me v1agra. For thos not wanting to waste your time traveling there, I give you the treasure that is their background:

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If you audience are in the field of Information Technology, the term "information theory" is almost always attributed to the word of Claude Shannon, but BBHC Global LLC looks into pre-computational information -- as well as the forms which use the measure of content as a relation to entropy. This section will discuss for our audience the various types of "Information Theory" as we best understand them, along with samples to illustrate. From this we look into applications of the various theories.
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Re:Why not just call their company "NSAFront"?

[TheJokeExplainer]

Say what you will about Adrian, but his razor-sharp wit is absolutely hilarious. Check out his Q&A at Formspring.me where you can ask him anything [formspring.me] (do it now! :D). Unlike other whiny angry h4x0rs, the dude is an absolute geek comedian.

His candor is pretty refreshing and his comedy rebel streak is a bit reminiscent of Banksy [banksy.co.uk].

Oh, and he's also to public face of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly [2600.com] on Facebook.

Re:BBHC Global L.L.C.

[JWSmythe]

From the whois info for projectvigilant.us:

Steven Ruhe
BBHC Global LLC
4828 North Kings Highway #126
Fort Pierce, Florida 34951
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Registered: Mon Sep 21 23:36:10 GMT 2009

    From the whois info on bbhc-global.com

Ruhe, Steven [e-mail]
BBHC Global LLC
5817 Sunberry Circle
Fort Pierce, Florida 34951
United States
+1.7729401858 Fax -- +1.8667288650

The address "4828 North Kings Highway" is "Indrio Crossing Pack N Ship", a mail drop.

The address "5817 Sunberry Circle" is a 2,800 sq/ft 5br/3ba residence, purchased in 2004 for $205,000.

There are two businesses registered at this address:

Bbhc Global L.L.C. Registered by Steven E Ruhe in 2009
M J Jones, Inc. Registered by Jimita Johnson-Jones in 2004, with the fictitious name of "Today's Window Fashions"

There is a drivers license record for Chet Lee Uber (47yo male, other ethnicity) at the Sunberry Circle address. He is a registered voter, affiliated to the Democratic party.

There is a Barbara Uber (66yo white female) with a listed phone number at the same address.

hahahahahaha! Either this guy is living up the cougar lifestyle, or he's living with his mom. :)

I couldn't find a drivers license record for Mr. Steven E Ruhe. There is a Steven R Ruhe (58yo white male) in Merrit Island, FL, but probably isn't him.

Jimita Johnson-Jones (32yo black female) has a drivers license record in Orlando, FL.

Let the jokes about living in his mothers basement commence! ... and all information gathered for this post was available through public resources. No electronic trespass was committed in the gathering of this data.

Re:BBHC Global L.L.C.

[JWSmythe]

Follow the trail.

    projectvigilant.us is registered to Steven Ruhe [e-mail] of BBHC Global LLC in Fort Pierce, Florida

    bbhc-global.com is registered to Ruhe, Steven [e-mail] in Fort Pierce, Florida. Specifically 5817 Sunberry Circle Fort Pierce, Florida 34951

    The article specifically cites Chet Uber in Fort Pierce, FL.

That's because most information security professionals have never heard of the group, called Project Vigilant. The group's director, Chet Uber, ...

    The Florida DMV database shows no Steven Rhue in the area. It does show a Chet Lee Uber at the address the domain is registered to.

    It doesn't take a lot of brain power to put that together. Everything matches the information provided. The "Steven Ruhe" is an alias. Well, a decoy if you will. If people are looking around for a Steven Ruhe, they are less likely to identify him as Chet Uber, even though there is significant crossover between the two identities.

    It's possible you could find more people named "Steven Ruhe" or "Chet Uber" around the country, which may be what you found. I know if I search for either my real name or alias, I find lots of people all around the world with my name, some matching my general physical description.

    I'd give the DMV database priority over anything from sources like Linkedin or Plaxo. Those places don't require any proof of who you are, where the DMV is a bit pissy about proving who you are. I just renewed my Florida drivers license, and needed my old drivers license, birth certificate, social security card, and two other proofs of your home address. I guess more importantly, he has two Chet Uber's listed as connections on Plaxo, each in different areas. Either he has two friends with the same name, or there's clearly no real validation of a persons identity.