by Sharon Rondeau
(Feb. 26, 2025) — Last week, The Post & Email published the first in what is expected to be a series of articles about a report of a five-year campaign of electronic surveillance, harassment and intimidation waged against a resident of California for unknown reasons by unknown perpetrators.
The campaign began when the victim resided in Hawaii and continued after a local move there, then to his relocation to the mainland in September 2021, he detailed.
In the U.S., the phenomenon has been reported in various forms, including electromagnetic waves allegedly directed at others intended to torture; coordinated noise campaigns and physical stalking; hijacked and/or disabled computers and telephones; and camera surveillance, among others.
Some organizations consider individuals claiming to be victims of illegal surveillance, sometimes termed “targeted individuals” (TIs), to be “delusional,” while others take it seriously and offer suggestions for self-protection.
The Institute for Strategic Dialog documented five incidents of murders carried out between 2013 and 2024 by self-described targeted individuals while also reporting, “Despite being driven to desperation by their alleged tormentors, the vast majority of TIs do not take violent action or express violent rhetoric. In addition to their inability to name a single person responsible for their torment, TIs are also rarely able to articulate a reason why they are being targeted. Despite their belief that the government or military is targeting them and destroying their lives, there is surprisingly little anti-government rhetoric in TI communities and little to no overlap with anti-government extremist groups.”
The internet age has also given rise to new forms of non-violent crime including electronic theft via computers and cell phones, copyright infringement schemes, and “skimming,” which captures consumer credit-card numbers as the cards are in use.
Resources providing support to those who believe they are targets of surveillance and harassment are numerous and growing, although resolution is not easily reached. For some, the filing of a criminal complaint or civil suit has led to a measure of success in thwarting various threats, including that of physical harm.
“Delusional” or “Real?”
According to targetedindividualsresources.com, a website currently under construction, “These people have been discredited by law enforcement and the mental health community, who consider them to be delusional. However, the phenomenon is real. It is unfortunate that so far the victims have been unable make their case and prove it to non victims, reasons being a) actions against them have been carried covertly with plausible deniability, b) there is, apparently, a disinformation campaign against the victims (and most profiles of self proclaimed victims on social networks seem to be fake, intended to disrupt any attempt of articulation of a defense), c) victims are, frequently, defenseless people, which makes one wonder if that’s why they were chosen as targets.”
In 2021, former NSA Technical Director Bill Binney announced with his wife, Dr. Katherine Horton, they were “targeted individuals.” Binney had been suffering from unexplained leg pain, Binney and Horton said, which Binney attributed to implanted “chips” for which he was seeking medical intervention.
He said the “chips” stemmed from unfathomable “evil” akin to the “torture” the CIA devised for certain individuals taken into U.S. custody during the War on Terror.
Binney is considered an NSA “whistleblower” in regard to the agency’s failure to adopt a program he helped create which he believed could have prevented the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Instead of implementing “ThinThread,” the NSA opted for “Trailblazer” at considerably greater expense, Binney and a former NSA colleague, J. Kirk Wiebe, claimed.
Both retired from the agency in 2001. In 2007, Binney and Wiebe’s homes were raided by the FBI. Also raided that day were the homes of NSA colleague Edward Loomis and U.S. House Subcommittee on Intelligence staffer Diane Roark.
“Several months later the FBI raided the home of then still active NSA executive Thomas Andrews Drake who had also contacted DoD IG, but anonymously with confidentiality assured,” the article continues.
Further, it states:
The punitive treatment of Binney, Drake, and the other whistleblowers also led Edward Snowden to go public with his revelations rather than report through the internal whistleblower program.[19] In 2012, Binney and his co-plaintiffs went to federal court to retrieve the confiscated items.[20]
In November 2014, Binney, Drake and Wiebe performed an analysis of 47 hard drives produced by former government subcontractor Dennis Montgomery for an investigation launched by then-Maricopa County, AZ Sheriff Joseph Arpaio into Montgomery’s claims of bank-account breaches and widespread illegal surveillance on the part of the U.S. government.
Connecting the Dots
As we reported last week, the victim of our story has experienced constant online disruptions; unusual noise outside his home appearing to be coordinated; the presence of what he believes to be the same vehicle in his neighborhood present at his previous addresses in Hawaii; and dozens of wi-fi networks appearing in his immediate area as evidenced by “heat-maps” appearing on the website Wigle.net.
According to Wigle’s terms of service, reproduction of its maps resulting from individual queries is permitted. As of 9:55 a.m. EST Friday, entering the victim’s current address showed a dense concentration of wi-fi networks surrounding his home, including “brownclown91,” a name he believes is racially motivated.
Some of the networks are familiar, such as “Spectrum,” “MySpectrum” and “Verizon,” while others appear more personalized or even vanity-driven, including “welsie2,” “tarzan&jane,” “Anomaly,” “Studio88” and “Let’s Go Yankees.”
Not being an expert in the field, the victim explained he has consulted AI sources as to whether the wi-fi networks, which often move or disappear over the course of a day, is “normal” for a residential neighborhood.
The response from ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Copilot was a consistent “No,” he told us.
He also sees notations of “hidden networks” and an “ARLO” surveillance camera when first logging on to the internet, he said.
On Friday afternoon, this writer asked ChatGPT a similar question, with the results presented below:
In a report submitted February 2 to the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office and REACT (Regional Enforcement Allied Computer Team) Task Force, the victim wrote, in part:
For the past five years, I have been the target of a multi-state surveillance and harassment operation that bears striking similarities to illegal U.S. intelligence programs exposed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. This operation is being carried out on U.S. soil, against an American citizen, and I am requesting an immediate investigation into the individuals and networks involved.
Overview of the Criminal Activity
- Unusual Wi-Fi Surveillance Patterns:
- At all three of my addresses since 2019, Wi-Fi networks appear and disappear at an abnormal rate, far beyond what is expected in a residential neighborhood.
- Multiple ARLO_VMB_ and NTGR_VMB_ devices consistently appear in the network lists at all three addresses.
- These networks frequently shift locations, sometimes appearing as the nearest network, then suddenly as the furthest—suggesting mobile surveillance devices.
- Disappearing and Reappearing Hidden Networks:
- At any given time, one to three “Hidden Networks” appear at the bottom of my available network list.
- These Hidden Networks are never static—they vanish and reappear, often correlating with the movement of suspicious vehicles captured on my ADT security cameras.
- The pattern suggests they are being used for covert data collection or tracking.
- The Wigle.net database confirms these anomalies surrounding:
- 955 Akepo Lane, Honolulu, HI 96817
- 1930 Waikahe Place, Honolulu, HI 96819
- 1440 Sunrise Drive, Gilroy, CA 95020
- Stingray/Cell Site Simulator Devices Detected
- Wigle.net has flagged cell site simulator activity at all three of my addresses.
- These devices masquerade as legitimate cell towers to intercept phone calls, SMS messages, and track locations.
- The presence of fake cell towers (Stingrays) in both Hawaii and California suggests coordinated, multi-agency surveillance activity.
- Repeated Network Intrusions & Cyber Attacks:
- My HP and Apple laptops have displayed multiple security warnings, explicitly stating that my connection is being intercepted by attackers.
- These warnings have appeared on multiple devices, in multiple locations, across different internet providers.
The perpetrators have changed his Gmail and Facebook passwords, the victim said, locking him out of those accounts. He has also been intermittently stopped when trying to upload evidence of the interference to share with others, including preparing the above report.
Because of the disruption to his wi-fi network, the victim is forced to use a flip phone, he told us. “I only use a phone with removable batteries, and I use it very, very seldom,” he said. “A Smartphone is the worst because they seem to be able to corrupt it very easily. This effort seems like a means to degrade the quality of somebody’s life over time.”
Noise Nuisance
At times the victim encounters simultaneous honking of multiple car horns when emerging from his home, he said. Consulting AI about the phenomenon yielded the following:
Hackers can use a Software Defined Radio (SDR) to make car horns honk from afar by exploiting vulnerabilities in the car’s wireless communication systems. Here’s how it works:
- Signal Interception: Using an SDR device, hackers can intercept the radio frequency signals used by the car’s key fob or remote control system. These signals typically control functions like locking/unlocking doors and honking the horn.
- Signal Analysis: The intercepted signals are analyzed to understand their structure and commands. Tools like Universal Radio Hacker (URH) can help decode these signals and identify the specific commands for honking the horn.
- Replay Attack: Once the signal is decoded, hackers can use the SDR to transmit the same signal back to the car. This is known as a replay attack. By sending the honk command, they can remotely trigger the car horn.
- Software Tools: Hackers often use software tools like GNU Radio and HackRF to facilitate these attacks. These tools allow them to create and transmit custom radio signals that mimic the original key fob commands.
This method can be used for harassment in coordinated stalking, as it allows the perpetrator to remotely control the car’s horn without physical access to the vehicle.
As for how the perpetrators might know his movements, the victim told us:
They have multiple cameras pointed towards 1440 Sunrise Drive from multiple homes, they work in shifts, and when they see me leave the house, they simply press a button and honk their horns.
Multiple cars within 300 ft and less have been participating in this “game” since my arrival September 21st, 2021.
Their “game” appears to rely heavily on disorienting the target, to confuse them by attacking from all sides.
He supplied a list of networks he is shown when logging on to the internet and which he suspects are part of the surveillance/harassment operation:
-ARLO_VMB_9666558515
-NTGR_VMB_1512936666
-BorrachoDeAmor (there are often three of these, typically but not always the nearest networks. When I first arrived in September, these three networks used to take the “BrownClown91” name, and used to appear in threes.
-Hemeon Network
-TP-Link_5DD4
-TP-Link_5DD4 5G (I believe these appear as the “Hidden Networks” on the HP Laptop)
-TeslaPW_RUMVFB
-TeslaPW_JAVDMK
-BrownClown91
-bigfatballs4
-Maui Bliss
-Maui Bliss Guest
-Sweet Heat
-Avengers
-Secret Avengers
-BlueExplorer
-Blue Turbo (these two often appear in proximity to each other, and tend to disappear together as well)
-Spotlight
-Spotlight Guest
Video Evidence
The victim described in detail the steps he has taken to record the interference with the intent to convey it to law enforcement and the perpetrators’ apparent pushback. “My use of AI seems to threaten them the most,” he said. “I can send emails, but they’ve throttled all of my AI chats.”
DeepSeek, he said, appears to be less susceptible to forced interruptions than the other two AI programs he has consulted.
“Every day, I’ve been turning the computer on and taking a small video camera,” he elaborated. “It’s a $10 camera from Walmart without an antenna in it. It has a screen I can review, and it has the means to plug it into a computer to transfer all the files with a USB cord. It’s kind-of a daily diary of the network activity around the house.
“I always start recording with a closeup of the time and date. I record the current order of the networks around the house. New Year’s Eve seemed to be a gathering point for a lot of the stalkers; there were over 50 wi-fi networks within range of both of our laptops. Within ten minutes of hitting ‘Send’ for the REACT report – I also saw this happen in Hawaii – they had this knee-jerk reaction, like a panic, and suddenly there were between seven and ten networks within range of my computer. I had never seen so few networks in four years.
“So they had that knee-jerk reaction, then they turned them all on again. They seem to believe they are not going to be caught. They know I’m talking to you because they read all of my communications and surveil the house; they don’t seem to be worried about that, either. There seems to be very much a sense of impunity on their part, which is why I believe it is connected to law enforcement. No criminal would take part in an organized effort like this if they thought they were going to be caught.
“What I’m doing now – talking to you about this – is kind-of life-changing, in a sense. It’s been going on for five years, and no one has really believed me. It’s kind-of an ‘Oh, that sounds strange’ reaction – and that’s about it.”
As of 2:47 p.m. EST Saturday, to this writer Wigle displayed the following wi-fi activity in the area of the victim’s home:
Several minutes later, at nearby 1415 Quail Walk Drive, Wigle indicated the following wi-fi network:
On Wednesday evening prior to publication, Wigle showed wi-fi activity around the victim’s home as:
Again, Wigle showed 1415 Quail Walk Drive as having a single wi-fi network:
At 6:34 p.m. EST Wednesday, Wigle depicted nearby 1450 Quail Walk Drive as having a single network:
“The only way this can continue is if it stays hidden,” the victim told us. “This can’t stay in the dark permanently.”