andrew strutt aka rodent 2600

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Derek Hubbard
January 29

So here's a rundown of the situation as I understand it. Please feel free to provide any factual corrections. If they're credible, I'll change my story.

Andrew Strutt fancies himself some sort of government man. He brags about recruiting assets for the DOD, NSA, and more. It seems to me that he thinks this makes him important or influential. He likely works in some capacity with some federal agencies, but this could be a load of lies for all I know. Effectively, it doesn't matter if it's true.

Andrew Strutt took over the administration duties of running 2600 IRC. I don't tend to hang there, so I don't know the details of how he ran the organization. I do know, however, that he used his position to turn over the logs from that server to federal authorities.

A couple years ago, the primary Facebook 2600 group, this one, was taken over by hostile means by Andrew Strutt. I don't know the fine details, but I do know it happened. At this time, he started deleting posts and banning people from the group based on their opinions. I was among those banned.

Andrew Strutt was, at the same time, securing some degree of influence over the Telephreak organization, though he never had a seat on the board of the organization. He was taking credit for the annual Telephreak party at Defcon, despite the fact that it was a group effort. At said party, he was getting increasingly elitist, though he focused more on who was useful to him and less on what people contribute to the community.

In 2017, his grip over Telephreak slipped. He completely screwed up the party by cranking the elitism up to a new level. Only HIS people were getting into the party that he was now calling HIS party. Spouses and invitees of core Telephreak members were being denied admission, and those that did get in found a mostly empty hotel suite. He tweeted that people hoping to get into his party should dress up if they wanted to get in. No "con trash".

A group of us decided this was shit, so we went to a dive bar and started the Con Trash Party. It was a great time. In fact, the photo that is at the heading of the @TelephreakParty Twitter account was taken at the Con Trash party.

The next year, Strutt had lost control of the Telephreak party altogether. On top of his mismanagement and ego, a credible rape accusation had come to light amongst those who are connected to the situation.

No, the accusation was not made public. If you really have to ask why, look at how rape victims are treated after disclosure.

The Telephreak organization started cutting ties to Strutt. They didn't want a predator to fly their flag. Unfortunately, Strutt held onto control of the @Telephreak Twitter account. It is, effectively, hijacked. He hasn't done much with it besides sniping at people on occasion and spreading confirmed lies about members of the community.

After a couple years of Strutt running this group, silencing and banning people to fit his whim, it was finally returned to the control of the previous admins.

While they were taking it back, there was a period where both Strutt and the old admins were effectively able to admin the group, though neither was able to remove the other. During this time, Andrew Strutt tried his best to destroy the community. He banned countless people, deleted posts and comments, and changed the name of the group. Unfortunately, Facebook rules dictate that a name can only be changed once every 28 days so we're stuck with what we've got for now.

His actions during this period prove that he has no interest in building a community. He just wants influence. We have no room for this kind of backbiting petty garbage. We're better than that, and we have the right to demand better than that in our group leadership.

Personally, I am very glad to see Lucky in control of the group. That said, I think that we should ask for a reasonable level of responsibility in his leadership role. I feel that we should have a good level of transparency, accountability, and self-direction. I have confidence in Lucky's integrity, and think that we are in good hands for the time being.

Patience and vigilance. Things are looking up, but this is no call for complacency.