Yes Gentoo Linux for ISIS: US authorities arrest an 20 year old student from Chicago for material support in ISIS.
In accordance with indictment, ο έφηβος φέρεται να δημιούργησε ένα Python script που αυτοματοποιεί την αποθήκευση multimedia του ISIS από τα επίσημα κανάλια στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα, ώστε τα μέλη της τρομοκρατικής organizationso they can share them on their own accounts helping to spread the propaganda.
In addition, Thomas Osadzinski, a 20 student from Chicago, also promised to develop a light distribution of Gentoo Linux for the terrorist organization.
"I'll start a new and valuable project," the student wrote in an online chat with an FBI agent in March on 2019.
“I will be developing a custom version of gentoo linux designed for ansar [ISIS supporters] that can run on any computer. It will be very light, fast and safe ”.
Osadzinski allegedly told his agent FBI that he will develop his own distribution of Gentoo Linux and publish them updates in an online chat room.
"It will be very safe, in sha allah and will only be released on Social. When there are fewer applications installed the operating system system "It is more difficult to violate," Osadzinski said.
By May, Osadzinski shared a screenshot of the Gentoo Linux distribution he developed and promised to the FBI that it would be "available soon for ansar [ISIS supporters]".
During this discussion, Osadzinski reiterated that the operating system would be very difficult to breach by "Crusader intelligence services".
The FBI said Osadzinski had the necessary knowledge to release such a distribution, having studied computer science through DePaul.
According to Osadzinski's LinkedIn, worked for two months like for mobile devices to report the tester for BlackBerry Cylance, a startup for better safety in cyberspace.
If found guilty, Osadzinski faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years.