Hard Reset

Executive Summary

• The Terrorgram pamphlet Hard Reset was released on July 14, 2022 at approximately 12:30 pm ET from private Telegram channel “It Has Only Just Begun;”

• Hard Reset appears predominantly limited to Telegram communities. We have identified 43 Telegram channels where Hard Reset has appeared since release, one Twitter account, and one presence on the Internet Archive;

• Telegram has removed approximately 7 accounts that shared Hard Reset, though multiple had returned with amended channel names at the time of writing;

• Siege Culture, explicitly referenced once in Hard Reset, remains a critical ideological component of the Terrorgram community and its propaganda;

• Hard Reset’s top focal points for targets in the document are abortion facilities, rail roads, and attacks on law enforcement.