ZDNet Blogger Disappears Mysteriously in Bulgaria [Mysteries]

This isn’t good. Dancho Danchev, a ZDNet blogger that specialize in malware and cybercrime, has been missing since August, regarded as somewhere in Bulgaria. ZDNet’s only lead? This cryptic message: ” Dancho’s alive but he’s in various trouble.”

That note came from a ” local source,” and all other attempts to contact Danchev have come up dry. ZDNet posted a letter Danchev wrote to a colleague inside the malware field in September, suggesting that the govt. was displeased along with his work:

[Name redacted],

As I consider you as a trusted colleague, and someone who understands the large picture of cyber crime and cyber espionage, I’m attaching you photos of the ” current situation in my bathroom” , courtesy of Bulgarian Law enforcement+intell services who’ve been building a case seeking to damage my reputation, for 1.5 years thanks to my clear pro-Western views+the incontrovertible fact that a number of months ago, the FBI Attache in Sofia, Bulgaria recommended me as knowledgeable to Bulgarian CERT -> clearly you’ll find how they say ” You’re Welcome” .

I’m sending you these not with the assumption to peer them published, but as an insurance in case things get ugly, knowing that a trusted third-party has access to these and may always distribute them to [redacted] mailing list members, and practically the complete industry, especially the click.

The LEO behind the total operation: [ NAME REDACTED ]

I’m in a means of contacting journalists -> just in case.

I hope you’re the trusted industry contact that I believe you’re, and you’ll basically keep these somewhere safe. Thank you, and please use my PGP key.

Best regards

Apparently Danchev was convinced that the electronics were some kind of bug.

ZDNet posted the letter in hopes that someone will come forward with some information about Danchev’s whereabouts, and we certainly hope that he’ll occur soon. [ ZDNet ]

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