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Я позвонил своему убийце. Он признался

Алексей Навальный · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Alexei Navalny phones an FSB chemical-weapons specialist, posing as a senior official, and gets him to describe the 2020 Novichok poisoning and its cover-up. The video is in Russian; HN commenters point to English subtitles.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Praised as a remarkable piece of social engineering, spoofed caller ID plus pretexting, that produced direct evidence of the poisoning.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “the video of Navalny calling one of the FSB agents who poisoned him is definitely the best prank of 2020”

    Navalny pranks an FSB agent into confessing details of his poisoning; English subs.

    0x38B, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Russia gives Kremlin critic Navalny an ultimatum: Return immediately or jail”

  2. “Navalny calling his killer and pranking him into telling all kinds of nasty details of Navalny's own killing attempt is mind-bogging”

    Navalny pranks his would-be killer into revealing details of the attempt.

    sam_lowry_, 2021-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The best books on assassinations”

  3. “But the best part is how he did it: caller ID spoof + social engineering.”

    Phone call using spoofed caller ID extracts evidence of poisoning cover-up.

    wyldfire, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Novichok Nerve Agent Poisoning”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: navalny, novichok, fsb, social engineering, russia

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