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Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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Hitting a 17yo with 30 felony charges feels a bit steep to me.

Also should any repercussions be considered against Twitter that a 17yo was able to gain access to the private messages of potentially some of the most important individuals in the world?

If a 17yo could do it, I'm sure a nation state could do it.

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

#132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[cost of compliance] > [revenue from EU visitors]

And I don't blame the site at all. Another stupid rule from the EU preventing me from reading articles.

https://outline.com/

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Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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post #99

"Our European visitors are important to us. This site is currently unavailable to visitors from the European Economic Area while we work to ensure your data is protected in accordance with applicable EU laws." nice

Why do all these prompts use doublespeak so blatantly? It's actually insane. "Your privacy matters to us." -> Then why are you asking me to give it up? If my privacy mattered to you you wouldn't even ask to install tracking cookies and gather my data.

it has evolved

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

#134
post #126

> Today’s announcement proves that cybercriminals can no longer hide behind perceived global anonymity Anyone know what the loose end was that got these guys busted?

I thought I read a blog post detailing a link to the OGUsername discord.

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

#135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I don't blame the site at all. Another stupid rule from the EU preventing me from reading articles.

https://outline.com/ You may find this site helpful

https://archive.is

another option

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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post #126

> Today’s announcement proves that cybercriminals can no longer hide behind perceived global anonymity Anyone know what the loose end was that got these guys busted?

> > Today’s announcement proves that cybercriminals can no longer hide behind perceived global anonymity

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I'd love to know as well.

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

#137
post #131

Hitting a 17yo with 30 felony charges feels a bit steep to me. Also should any repercussions be considered against Twitter that a 17yo was able to gain access to the private messages of potentially some of the most important individuals in the world? If a 17yo could do it, I'm sure a nation state could do it.

What does the 17yo have to do with it? Would it be different for an 18yo?

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

#138

My thoughts go to the fact they were able to hunt someone down based on their bitcoin address. Either they got help, this kid was already being watched or it just speaks to the DOJs data collection to all citizens.

They don't say they were able to hunt someone down based on their bitcoin address

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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post #131

Hitting a 17yo with 30 felony charges feels a bit steep to me. Also should any repercussions be considered against Twitter that a 17yo was able to gain access to the private messages of potentially some of the most important individuals in the world? If a 17yo could do it, I'm sure a nation state could do it.

I felt a sting reading that too. He hit the idiot computer kid jackpot and did idiot computer kid things with it. Not saying no consequences, but damn.

Re: Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack

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post #131

Hitting a 17yo with 30 felony charges feels a bit steep to me. Also should any repercussions be considered against Twitter that a 17yo was able to gain access to the private messages of potentially some of the most important individuals in the world? If a 17yo could do it, I'm sure a nation state could do it.

The age of the attacker is irrelevant to Twitter's role in this story. However your underlying point still stands. If we want these types of attacks to stop, we can't just let all these companies off with a public embarrassment being the primary punishment. At a certain point we have to start calling it negligence when companies fall for these attacks and fail to have proper precautions in place to prevent them.
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