"Florida (young) man" - the saga continues!
Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
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Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#22No where in the article it mentions how did they nail him or how did he do. With Twitter saying that this entire process was done by social engineering some employee and then gaining system access of others by monitoring the process - this seems to have been done by someone with Corporate process understanding and hard to believe it could be a 18 yold.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#23Florida Man masterminds twitter attack.
Man = kid. He's only 17. I'm not a lawyer, but I thought it was illegal to put the names of minors in public for committing crimes.
Well apropos the grand-parent comment using "Florida Man" We hear about "Florida Man" more often because, yeah, maybe there is a lot more partying in Florida, but also because Florida has some of the most open public record laws. I've read that unlike other places where you have to bother the police for reports, in Florida you can get yourself added to a daily email blast of reports.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#24I was under the (apparently false?) assumption that under-18s couldn't be named. The alleged mastermind here is 17, yet is named and pictured. Interestingly, when I first checked this out ~8 minutes ago, they stated that they would not name the alleged mastermind due to the fact he was under 18. In the update ~4 minutes ago, they have removed that section and named him.
My guess would be that he is being tried as an adult and thus not eligible for the protections afforded to juveniles.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#25I actually think this kid has a bright future. My prediction: 1 year jail time, 5-10years probation. Will get hired as a security consultant.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#26It will be interesting to learn more as the case proceeds. Was he not using tor? I'm actually not super surprised that they've arrested a teenager. Considering the thoroughness of the hack, just using it to scam a few bitcoins seemed a bit blasé. Imagine the shitshow he could've started by tweeting as Trump
Trump is a "protected" account in twitters internal system.
Even Twitter employees cant access such protected accounts.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#27If this turns out to be true, then we can conclude two things:
1. It's incredible that the security of Twitter allows for a solitary 17-year old to gain full access to (any) account.
2. This also explains why the profit of the hack was 'only' ~$100k. Many speculated about how incredibly valuable such a hack could be and how much more a group could have profited from this hack. Using it for two hours of bitcoin scamming seemed very amateurish. I suppose this explains it.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#28No where in the article it mentions how did they nail him or how did he do. With Twitter saying that this entire process was done by social engineering some employee and then gaining system access of others by monitoring the process - this seems to have been done by someone with Corporate process understanding and hard to believe it could be a 18 yold.
Social engineering is well within the capabilities of many 18 year olds, and plenty of them will have experience with corporate-style processes at school.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#29Florida Man masterminds twitter attack.
Florida Man Seeks Publicity, Charges Teen Locally
- Uses Words Like "Mastermind" and "Massive Fraud"
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#30I was under the (apparently false?) assumption that under-18s couldn't be named. The alleged mastermind here is 17, yet is named and pictured. Interestingly, when I first checked this out ~8 minutes ago, they stated that they would not name the alleged mastermind due to the fact he was under 18. In the update ~4 minutes ago, they have removed that section and named him.
Florida has some of the most permissive laws about mugshots and criminal info. The reason for the "Florida Man" meme is not that people in Florida are more weird than anywhere else, just that it's easier to find the mugshots online.
I always thought this was for precisely the oppposite - i.e. that news headlines (edit: I mean whole articles) were more often "A Florida Man has been arrested" because they were not allowed/didn't have the names.