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Aubrey Cottle | |
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| Born | April 6, 1987 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Other names | Kirtaner, Kirt |
| Occupation(s) | Forum administrator, member of hacking group(s) |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Known for | Early member of Anonymous Founder of 420chan |
| Website | phisher |
Aubrey Cottle (born April 6, 1987),[1] also known as Kirtaner or Kirt, is a Canadian website forum administrator who claims to be an early member of the hacktivist group Anonymous.[2] Cottle was involved with Anonymous during the late 2000s and in its resurgence beginning in 2020, in which the group attempted to combat the far-right conspiracy movement QAnon.[3]
Cottle is the founder of the now-defunct forum-image site 420chan and its sister-site Taima.tv, which majorly consisted of imageboards about pro wrestling (where its board was known as "/wooo/", which spawned the /wooo/tube station on Taima.tv), recreational drug use, and LGBT+ and transgender topics.
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- ^ Langlois, Shawn (November 2, 2020). "Founder of hacker group Anonymous reveals his ultimate 'end-game'". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2021.