Mortified

Record ID: ACT-0505
Handle(s): @Mortifiedz, @q7t
Status: Inactive (Self-Proclaimed) / Active
First Observed: 2026-01-01


Summary

Mortified (designated ACT-0505) is a veteran Counter-Extortion (CE) and Anti-Extortion (AE) operator, group founder, and manual OSINT practitioner who describes himself—with equal parts veteran authority and chatroom bravado—as “the godfather of AE.” Across the Telegram network, he is primarily recognized for his administrative tenure in several high-profile CE/AE collectives and for developing a proprietary tracking method capable of bypassing commercial VPN tunnels to unmask threat actors.

Specifically, Mortified is the founder of Crucifix (chur.ch) and Redacted, and served as a co-owner of both Deface and GVSH. He also held Blacklist (BL) and General permissions within the Counter-Extortion iteration of Philes. Within Deface, he functioned as a primary pad compiler and editor, maintaining master intelligence files exceeding 3,300 lines before stepping back from daily operations.

Unlike the average Telegram extortionist whose technical ceiling begins and ends with a leased OSINT bot, Mortified has demonstrated legitimate proficiency in web exploitation, Vulnerability Disclosure Programs (VDPs), and network tracking. Most notably, he engineered an undisclosed logging utility designed to pierce Mullvad VPN configurations—frequently lecturing peers on WebRTC leak mechanics—which was utilized to log approximately 150 individuals across Com and non-Com spaces.

By mid-2026, Mortified appended [Inactive] to his display name and repeatedly announced his retirement from “Com” to focus on solo penetration testing and academic coursework (specifically A-Level Physics and Mathematics). In practice, his retirement remains largely theoretical: he continues to log thousands of messages across public chatrooms, dividing his time between gatekeeping self-proclaimed “cybersec” skids, adopting half the network as his digital “sons,” and aggressively derailing group chats in pursuit of femboys and Litecoin.


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Evidence

Ref Source Date Notes
[1] Direct Testimony (`result.json`) 2026-10-17 Actor details founding of Crucifix (`chur.ch`), co-ownership of Deface and GVSH, BL/Gen roles in Philes (CE), and the 150-target Mullvad bypass.
[2] Media Artifact (`photo_1`) 2026-10-17 Editor screenshot (`Ln 3343, Col 20`) submitted to corroborate large-scale pad compilation work in Deface.
[3] Telegram Logs (`attic` / `119499-119537`) 2026-03-11 Actor documents forcing `xail1414` and `ranks764` to quit Com and points to alt `@q7t` for archived predator pastes.
[4] Telegram Logs (`AE chat` / `98089-98117`) 2026-10-14 Actor discusses his six-month operational hiatus, prior pad-fixing duties in Deface, and status within first-gen AE.
[5] Telegram Logs (`compartys` / `32495-32565`) 2026-01-06 Actor publicly interrogates `Maxthemaggot` on WebRTC location tracing and C memory pointers during a DDoS dispute.

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Record created: 2026-10-17.