Grimes' 'coolest hacker moment' resulted in her and a friend DDoSing and blackmailing indie music snark blog Hipster Runoff over a supposed 'leaked' photo in 2012, both federal crimes.
People usually don’t flippantly recount committing federal cybercrime as “my coolest hacker moment,” but that’s what musician Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes, just did., Grimes dropped the bombshell that she was responsible for the 2012 DDoS attack against former indie music snark blog Hipster Runoff that ultimately led to the site’s demise.
She also claimed that the photo in question was “leaked” to Hipster Runoff, but Jackie Singh, former cybersecurity staffer for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, noted on her blog,, that the photo was likely published on the now-defunct NYC nightlife site LastNightsParty.com. “It seems like a misrepresentation to imply this was a private photo for which the blogger was deserving of retribution for publishing.
Both issuing a DDoS attack and extortion are federal crimes under U.S. law punishable by up to a combined 11 years in prison. In Canada, where Grimes lived at the time, those same crimes carry anywhere from 10 years to life in prison, but it appears that Grimes and her games industry partner may have committed even more offenses during their standoff with Hipster Runoff.
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