On 12 May 2023, we were alerted by some staff members across different soyjak related sites that the rogue moderator had been collecting various IP addresses and the posting history of Kolyma staff and various users as well as site infrastructure. The former moderator did not immediately leak the information, and so we began speaking with him that night and yesterday to see if it was possible to put an end to the situation without involving law enforcement, and allow everyone to go their separate ways now that the drama was over. The former moderator did not state his motive or reasoning behind doing this, and so Kuz and I approached the moderator yesterday to see if he would be willing to just release the Kolyma staff's information alone and spare the regular users of the site, and we would not press charges or contact law enforcement over his violations of New York state law regarding the SHIELD Act or the Childrens Online Privacy Protection ruling as some of the users information he collected were under the age of 18. Again, he would not commit to us one way or another, and we ended the night with no charges being pressed and no involvement of LEO.

Today, the former moderator decided to release the private information of several posters, including some of our staff, without any reasoning or statement of "why" or any ability for us to reconcile the issue outside of pursuing legal action. The Brooklyn NYPD have been contacted and I am working with them to resolve the issue. Once my brother is home, IP hashing will be implemented for all moderation staff and additional steps will be taken to prevent something like this happening again. I am also temporarily suspending the VPN rule as well.