Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
How many headlines about non-public figures have you seen that include someone's name? "Tim Jones has been arrested" isn't exactly an informative headline.
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#54Probably 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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#55I 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.
That seems more weird than my local news, by a bit.
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#56Probably 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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#57Blocked with "Our European visitors are important to us" Edit: http://archive.is/caOFK
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#58I actually think this kid has a bright future. My prediction: 1 year jail time, 5-10years probation. Will get hired as a security consultant.
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#59Either they got help, this kid was already being watched or it just speaks to the DOJs data collection to all citizens.
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#60Probably 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.