1. Quietly compromise enterprise IT vendor X.
2. Sockpuppet post on /r/wallstreetbets, suggesting shorting X, for any reason (doesn't matter why).
3. Place big bet against X's stock.
4. Use your compromise of X to accelerate a big public failure by X.
5. Profit, and the WSB post by your sockpuppet is your plausible reason for shorting X, and you're only one of a crowd who did so.
6. Bonus: sockpuppet account becomes WSB folk hero, as others also profit from tip, which is political capital you can spend later.
Makes it sound like you're talking about the site formerly known as Tiwtter.
1. Quietly compromise enterprise IT vendor X.
2. Sockpuppet post on /r/wallstreetbets, suggesting shorting X, for any reason (doesn't matter why).
3. Place big bet against X's stock.
4. Use your compromise of X to accelerate a big public failure by X.
5. Profit, and the WSB post by your sockpuppet is your plausible reason for shorting X, and you're only one of a crowd who did so.
6. Bonus: sockpuppet account becomes WSB folk hero, as others also profit from tip, which is political capital you can spend later.