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# Malicious Actors
- URL: https://connortumbleson.com/2018/05/06/malicious-actors/
- Published: 2018-05-06T20:02:55.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-22T01:19:24.000Z
- Description: In a world where malicious actors disrupt online video games, a few also exist in the real world. We take a look at those in a few personal examples.
- Author: Connor Tumbleson
- Tags: Personal

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On a regular Thursday morning, I walked out to my car for work and as I got in sight of my car I knew something was different. The driver side front door handle was ripped off just hanging there. I don't see how this could have happened without a malicious actor.

My guess is that while I was sleeping some individual(s) were wandering the parking lot checking door handles for unlocked doors. My car was broken into it nearly 6 years ago (I didn't lock it so my fault), so I was anxious to check the car to see if anything was missing.

Thankfully or luckily, the small contents that I leave in my car were untouched. Was my door handle about to break and the criminals sped that process? Was I specifically targeted? Who knows.

My car has been key'd on two separate occasions though. Once in [Sept 2016](https://plus.google.com/+ConnorTumbleson/posts/asn4M6cmx2z?ref=connortumbleson.com), then again in [Nov 2016](https://plus.google.com/+ConnorTumbleson/posts/QsHVAZJuLJA?ref=connortumbleson.com) so I am generally paranoid when it comes to car damage.

For further context, I've walked out on a flat tire on my car multiple times. More times than I believe that were accidental nail punctures from daily driving. I took all the receipts of my tire-patching and it became a bit alarming when put together:

- September 2016 (passenger front tire)
- March 2017 (passenger back tire)
- June 2017 (passenger front tire)
- November 2017 (unknown tire)
- March 2018 (driver rear tire)

If you create a time line of all events, it looks like this:

- September 2016 (key'd + flat tire)
- November 2016 (key'd)
- March 2017 (flat tire)
- June 2017 (flat tire)
- November 2017 (flat tire)
- March 2018 (flat tire)
- May 2018 (door handle replacement)

Fit in regular oil changes and normal maintenance and it feels like this isn't common. I looked back in my digital history to see what happened in September 2016 that might have sparked this sporadic targeted behavior. I found in September of 2016, my [server was attacked](https://connortumbleson.com/2016/09/01/surviving-an-amplified-wordpress-pingback-attack/) (flooded) with a ton of traffic. Am I drawing connections where there shouldn't be?

It isn't healthy to think about it as that leads to a path of paranoia and suspicion. So I'm not going to think about and instead write a blog about it.