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Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
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#42> the scheme reaped more than $100,000 in Bitcoin in just one day That's actually...pretty disappointing. I would have guessed into the 7 digits just based on how many Americans, and people in general, love a get-rich-quick-scheme.
All of the popular crypto currency exchanges blocked the btc address. The same one was used on all accounts. They acted faster than Twitter in mitigating this issue.
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#43Probably could have earned a lot more from his exploits if he went the formal route and directly confronted Twitter. But then who even knows if Twitter are a good 'first responder' when it comes to high-profile exploits of their system.
There was a recent post about some researcher who exposed flaws in Tor's architecture (which allowed third parties to detect Tor traffic easily) and Tor's staff didn't respond; so she published the finding without going through the proper channels, both embarrassing Tor staff, and simultaneously strengthening the Tor network.
The 'I'm going to publish this sploit because you didn't respond' is a good tactic and I want to see more people do it. It's just unfortunate that the various channels like HackerOne[0] or wherever the skiddies flock to these days are not utilized thoroughly.
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#44It 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
Based on the fact that the article mentioned the IRS being involved and the fact that the IRS has been more attentive to cryptocurrencies, my assumption is that they found some way to tie him to the wallets he was using. I would be surprised if the IRS did not have some pretty sophisticated ledger processing tools at this point.
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#45If only he would have done it for the lulz he would be badass. By asking for bitcoin he became a tool scammer.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#46Probably could have earned a lot more from his exploits if he went the formal route and directly confronted Twitter. But then who even knows if Twitter are a good 'first responder' when it comes to high-profile exploits of their system. There was a recent post about some researcher who exposed flaws in Tor's architecture (which allowed third parties to detect Tor traffic easily) and Tor's staff didn't respond; so she…
does hackerone cover social engineering exploits? I doubt it.
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#47Given how many of these attacks have been social engineering ones, companies might benefit from having bug bounties for employees who get fooled.
Yes, this will initially be very expensive as there will be thousands of payouts, but eventually the employees will learn.
Offer $200 if you can get an employee's password.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#48It 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.
But Biden's account wasn't?
Quite peculiar considering the upcoming election.
Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
#49It 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.
Not all of them can, but some of them can. For instance the people that could reset that 'protected' status. It certainly won't be the tooth fairy doing that, a Twitter employee is much more likely.
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#50> The day after the hack, White House officials were concerned about President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, which he uses daily to push out news and other information. They assured the public that his account has extra protections.
Really? Like what? And why? Are they afraid someone will start posting stuff that is actually TRUE?