Thread by @PacheduZW

#MatigaryUnmasked (1/8)

@PacheduZW unmasked @matigary, and we will give you 8 pieces of evidence before we put a name and face to the account.

Clue 1: From analysing whom he follows, @matigary has a very strong affinity towards cryptocurrency, and you all know him.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (2/8)

Using forensic stylometry @PacheduZW tested against 43 linguistic profiles, whose lexical data was collated from various sources.

Only 5 suspects remained, and again, the most significant suspect is an ICT expert, specialising in Bitcoins.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (3/8)

Everyone has a unique linguistic fingerprint defined by a unique set of active & passive vocabulary that is made more unique by a set of mannerisms.

The probability of two individuals exhibiting similar linguistic fingerprints is very low.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (4/8)

Still on the linguistic fingerprint, the level of complexity of one's active vocabulary can be quantified. We calculated the Gunning-Fog Index on both the @matigary and suspect's profiles. The lexical readability was statistically the same.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (5/8)

A month ago, we hinted you on one of the unique punctuation fingerprint of @matigary that he rarely put a full-stop (see 3/8), and so does the suspect. @matigary has recently started to, possibly after our exposé.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (6/8)

Ever imagined how @matigary knows so much about the Japanese society, culture and economy?

The main character behind the account, the prime unsub that we isolated by the above linguistic techniques, studied in Japan (also studied elsewhere).

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (7/8)

Our forensic psychologists established that Matigary must have ample experience with Yale University.

Below, he exhibits focalism bias, a cognitive anchoring heuristic that led him to give precedence to Yale University in his argument.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (8/8)

Having narrowed down the suspects, it was a piece of cake for our cyber forensics team to verify the details of the account registrant and put a face to it .

The phone number is in the public domain, and the email was reckoned intuitively.

@matigary

#MatigaryUnmasked (Extra)

The mobile number used for the account corresponds to the details below, pointing him as the main player behind @matigary.

However, our forensic linguistics discovered some linguistic variations that suggest they are more than one person.

@matigary