Comments | cloworora: Little World, Cold War (LJi s10e3)

cloworora

Little World, Cold War (LJi s10e3)

Dec 15, 2016 10:07

The following story based on true events is fiction as written by the author.

“Sleep world, sleep
Your favorite song will never end
Dream world, dream
Your favorite book will never close
Breathe world, breathe
Machines will program the perfect harmony...”
- Little World by HaujobbFive years have passed since the SANS Institute's comprehensive ( Read more... )

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Comments 13

eternal_ot December 19 2016, 12:33:42 UTC

It's sounds like a true story and I am glad that it is fiction. Lot of hard work there with the links and all.

cloworora December 20 2016, 03:32:46 UTC

A lot of the framing structure...is based in evidence and expert speculation. Even with senationalization put aside, what has been reported is cray cray enough.

The links were possibly the easiest parts to add. The research was murder.

Thanks for the read.

sinnamongirl December 19 2016, 18:32:17 UTC

Thank you for your entry!

cloworora December 20 2016, 04:14:45 UTC

Thank you for reading.

fannishliss December 20 2016, 00:32:15 UTC

It's a very interesting story. I'd heard some of the fact bases on the radio, so that helped to ground me as I read. Plus, as a long time LJ user, DDOS attacks bringing down a site was certainly familiar to me! I often think that the DDOS attacks against Livejournal had a great deal to do with The Exodus. ):

cloworora December 20 2016, 05:02:14 UTC

Ah. The great Exodus. When Gary parted the dead blog and journalers poured out across the open media, fleeing Pharaoh Brad Fitzpatrick toward the promised land of Vines and hoaxes.

Thank you for the read. I'm glad you found it interesting. There is a lot of basis for this piece, yes. I did sort of toss terms up, expecting readers to pick up meaning from context or by looking them up. Some may find that challenging, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.

penpusher December 20 2016, 06:49:41 UTC

Really timely, really provocative and I wonder how much of this is factual? Because it feels real, it smells real. It could be one of the most worthwhile reads this season.

cloworora December 20 2016, 20:45:03 UTC

There is a lot of speculation, evidence, and an entry from a previous season of idol as a backdrop to this piece. How I fit pieces into place to make a more coherent narrative is fiction. Do your own research, because the actual reports are shocking. I knew it would make a good topical spy-fi tale.

Thank you for the read and high praise <3

halfshellvenus December 20 2016, 07:37:25 UTC

Sometimes my humor pieces (especially crack) require the most research of all. Satire is often funniest when it blows the truth up to the power of a billionty, which means a lot of fact and detail-checking.

I would not have guessed that Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear were real hackers, though the "bear" part correctly points to Russians. The adjectives are so laughable, they SHOULD be satire, yet apparently are not.