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Grimes Admits to Blackmail, Extortion, and Hacking in Vanity Fair Video Interview
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Grimes Admits to Blackmail, Extortion, and Hacking in Vanity Fair Video Interview

Yet another ostentatious display of privilege from someone who certainly won’t be cancelled for it.

Jackie Singh
Mar 23, 2022
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Yet another ostentatious display of privilege from someone who certainly won’t be cancelled for it

My business is that of cybersecurity. I’ve worked with Fortune 500 ranked companies, small businesses, political candidates, and nonprofits to improve their information security programs and keep their organizations safe.

In my industry, white hat hackers work tirelessly to keep the world safe from the consequences of potentially disastrous vulnerabilities in computer systems and code. Our world is one of adversaries, threat intelligence, forensics, and policy and legal work —

So I’m sure you can imagine my surprise as I clicked through to Vanity Fair’s latest video interview with award-winning musical artist (and two-time Elon Musk baby mama) Grimes in which she admits to blackmailing, extorting, and hacking a media opponent — a blogger.

Don’t believe me?

Watch the following clip from the longer video for yourself:

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An interview with Grimes is Vanity Fair’s cover story for their Apr…

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