Between January 17 and 18, a splinter group of approximately eleven users from /b/ had formed with the intention of halting the Boxxy craze that was sweeping the Net. This group of users called themselves the Center for Boxxy Control and Restriction, or CBCR. Their mission was to finish what Operation Valkyrie had started.
The founder of this group used the handle Eyrev. His other aliases include Zarithas and The Wow Lawyer, while his real first name is Ian. He recruited members for the CBCR by advertising on the talk page of the entry on Boxxy on the Encyclopedia Dramatica.
CBCR Members
- Eyrev: Founder.
- Vodderz: Second-in-Command and Chief Investigator.
- Redcups: Investigator.
- Anon77: Investigator. This user was directly responsible for hacking Boxxy and stealing her MySpace, YouTube, and email.
- y0uth: Investigator. Google cache and archive master.
- A20Address: Investigator.
- GastricPenguin: Mentioned by Boxxy for remixing her videos. Friend of Zarithas, used for contacting Boxxy. He divulged many of her messages.
- WTSnacks: Technical expert who took on the name of a banned 4chan moderator.
- Mancini: Investigator, operative of Operation Hunter.
- BBC_Soundsystem: Logger, monitors the *chans for leaks and other things.
- Jack: Systems Administrator, technical expert, FTP server admin.
- Candlejack: Leecher. This user was used as a scapegoat when Cate's personal information was leaked.
Through much detective work, an old YouTube account named S4TISF4CTION was discovered featuring a younger Catie, who bore a striking resemblance to Boxxy, sans eyeliner.
The channel contained two videos, one of which was dated from December 2006. The match was confirmed via facial comparison with "FOAR EVERYWUN" and a video posted on the channel S4TISF4CTION.
From the information on the YouTube channel, Catie's MySpace account was discovered. As it is nowadays, the MySpace account is currently empty, with the user name nothing more than gibberish. However, she was caught by the Google cache which stored the page as it appeared on November 1, 2008, including the first page of photos. The said page contained art relating to Gaia, along with the user name MoldyLunchboxx, Catie's old Gaia account. It was also revealed that Boxxy was not twenty as was thought, but only sixteen years old, and that she lives in California.
With the information at hand, the CBCR was able to crack her email password and subsequently hack into her YouTube account. From there, they privatized her three videos and uploaded one video telling her to not make another video again, lest they release all of her dox, i.e., personal information. In reality, the CBCR hadn't found Catie's full name, phone number, and address. They were merely bluffing at the time.
It was a bit vague as to specifically which member of the CBCR had leaked Catie's personal information, but conversations with a former CBCR member have revealed it to be XenuAstley.
The motivation for this was more than likely the result of zealousness mixed with plain malice that got carried away. Since Anon77 had already found her email, it would have been fairly easy for WTSnacks to find the rest by using it to find an IP address or possibly a phone number online.
Whatever the result, this action promptly garnered 1,000 comments within the hour and was the hottest topic on YouTube for the day. The CBCR had succeeded and removed the "cancer." They had expected to be declared heroes of the Net. The backlash that followed thereafter sent members of the CBCR running like puppies with tails between their legs.
The comments section for their video became inundated with supposed IPs of CBCR members. The video was removed, and Catie's videos were restored to public broadcast. Two days after on January 20, Boxxy's account was suspended. This was more than likely the result of Catie writing a request to the administrators of YouTube to do so to avoid more attacks and confusion. It was then in possession of Google. It's currently unknown as to whether Catie will ever be able to retrieve her former YouTube channel.
As a direct consequence of the enormous backlash against them, Eyrev caved in and delivered an apology to Catie and everyone else for the controversy that had occurred. At the time, one could have inferred that Eyrev was being a hypocrite to the extreme in making this apology. After all, he did instigate and create the online witch-hunt against Boxxy, which had the effect of scaring her off the Net. At the time of this apology, Eyrev tried to defend the actions of himself and the CBCR, but he only wound up contradicting himself and making a bigger mess.
Shortly after the collapse of the CBCR, Eyrev created another group called the Organization for the Suppression of Boxxy-related Events, or OSBE. After the leaking of Catie's dox, this group was formed as a sort of misinformation committee wherein red herrings in the form of fake last names and addresses were leaked in order to discredit Catie's real info.
This group spent much of its time deleting all pastebins of Catie's dox that were found and also getting them deleted from various forums and sites. The OSBE had absolutely nothing to do with the story of the alleged suicide of Catie, whose surname was falsely given as Gomez, as the result of harassment from Anonymous members and cyber stalkers.
The Linda Tripp of the BoxxyGate affair, Eyrev, seems to have genuinely turned over a new leaf and exceedingly regrets the tragic events that occurred and admits that the actions and results of the CBCR's initiatives were atrocious at best.
Despite wanting Boxxy off the Internet, he and the majority of the group never intended, much less wanted, to interfere with Catie or harm her. Catie's dox being leaked represented both a lack of foresight and misplaced morals on the part of the CBCR. Whatever the arguments or excuses, not one of them had any right to do what they did.
The choices that were made by the CBCR deprived Catie of having a regular life, at least until the Boxxy obsession dies down completely. It also deprived the Internet as a whole of a major source of love and joy. Each choice that we make brings a consequence. The lesson that Eyrev learned was a painful one, and it is one that will haunt him for the rest of his life. The past is history. It can never change, no matter how much one wants it to.
Perhaps this is all to be expected in the twisting and turning grassy knoll of cyber-stardom. With great fame comes great enemies, no matter how innocent those enemies intend to be.
With the information at hand, the CBCR was able to crack her email password and subsequently hack into her YouTube account. From there, they privatized her three videos and uploaded one video telling her to not make another video again, lest they release all of her dox, i.e., personal information. In reality, the CBCR hadn't found Catie's full name, phone number, and address. They were merely bluffing at the time.
It was a bit vague as to specifically which member of the CBCR had leaked Catie's personal information, but conversations with a former CBCR member have revealed it to be XenuAstley.
There was a schism within the CBCR as to what to do with Boxxy's account, with each side having a differeing view. Parts of the CBCR's video were also edited out and left on the cutting room floor.
Whatever the result, this action promptly garnered 1,000 comments within the hour and was the hottest topic on YouTube for the day. The CBCR had succeeded and removed the "cancer." They had expected to be declared heroes of the Net. The backlash that followed thereafter sent members of the CBCR running like puppies with tails between their legs.
As a direct consequence of the enormous backlash against them, Eyrev caved in and delivered an apology to Catie and everyone else for the controversy that had occurred. At the time, one could have inferred that Eyrev was being a hypocrite to the extreme in making this apology. After all, he did instigate and create the online witch-hunt against Boxxy, which had the effect of scaring her off the Net. At the time of this apology, Eyrev tried to defend the actions of himself and the CBCR, but he only wound up contradicting himself and making a bigger mess.
Shortly after the collapse of the CBCR, Eyrev created another group called the Organization for the Suppression of Boxxy-related Events, or OSBE. After the leaking of Catie's dox, this group was formed as a sort of misinformation committee wherein red herrings in the form of fake last names and addresses were leaked in order to discredit Catie's real info.
This group spent much of its time deleting all pastebins of Catie's dox that were found and also getting them deleted from various forums and sites. The OSBE had absolutely nothing to do with the story of the alleged suicide of Catie, whose surname was falsely given as Gomez, as the result of harassment from Anonymous members and cyber stalkers.
The Linda Tripp of the BoxxyGate affair, Eyrev, seems to have genuinely turned over a new leaf and exceedingly regrets the tragic events that occurred and admits that the actions and results of the CBCR's initiatives were atrocious at best.
Despite wanting Boxxy off the Internet, he and the majority of the group never intended, much less wanted, to interfere with Catie or harm her. Catie's dox being leaked represented both a lack of foresight and misplaced morals on the part of the CBCR. Whatever the arguments or excuses, not one of them had any right to do what they did.
The choices that were made by the CBCR deprived Catie of having a regular life, at least until the Boxxy obsession dies down completely. It also deprived the Internet as a whole of a major source of love and joy. Each choice that we make brings a consequence. The lesson that Eyrev learned was a painful one, and it is one that will haunt him for the rest of his life. The past is history. It can never change, no matter how much one wants it to.
Perhaps this is all to be expected in the twisting and turning grassy knoll of cyber-stardom. With great fame comes great enemies, no matter how innocent those enemies intend to be.
