[horeszko]

> Kiberphant0m denied being in the U.S. Army or ever being in South Korea, and said all of that was a lengthy ruse designed to create a fictitious persona. “Epic opsec troll,” they claimed.

This is called a "double cover story", a classic deflection when someone is caught or exposed.

[asimjalis]

It could be a triple cover story. The faked double cover story is meant to deflect.

[tedunangst]

Maybe even skipping the quadruple cover story and going straight to the quintuple. A true pro.