Does this mean that Twitter is now not to be trusted?
Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
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#382Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or a distraction while a bigger hack is going on?
Bingo, they're probably walking away with all of Twitter's internal data as we speak...
They're wasting time and money on purpose too, the dead rapper XXXTentacion just tweeted: “Smoking a fat blunt on my private island giving out bitcoin to my supporters”, Elon tweeted "hi" etc.
They also can't be stupid enough to not understand that using a single address that is blocked in most web wallets now is completely dumb.
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#383Given how huge this hack is, and how little the BTC reward is going to be, I'm tempting to think this is either: - a test of a new hacking system - a demonstration to a big client - a first shot to threat some entity - a diversion while they get the real loot And that the BTC messages are just a way to justify it so it looks like a simple scam. Such a hack is worth way, WAY more than the few BTC it could bring.
113k is a little reward?
This hack is (quite literally) worth billions of dollars. From market manipulation to geopolitical implications. So yes, 113k is peanuts.
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#384Twitter should suspend the entire platform until they can credibly fix this and prevent it in the future. An attacker could drop AMZN stock by 10% in minutes with just the wrong tweet from Bezos.
Even worse? How about POTUS declares war on China thru twitter? OMG, I just realized how dumb that would have been to say back in 2016. But these days?
Yeah, this could've been very bad. I don't buy that it's a test. Twitter is going to fix this. Probably it's a restriction of the exploit that you don't know the posting account or something.
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#385Uber has been hacked as well. At this point, they can get any high profile Twitter user. EDIT: You know this is a coordinated Twitter hack when they have Apple's account hacked [0]. https://twitter.com/Apple/status/1283506278707408900
They haven't yet gone after the most prominent Twitter user.
Don't worry guys I just changed my password.
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#386Re: Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
#387Given how huge this hack is, and how little the BTC reward is going to be, I'm tempting to think this is either: - a test of a new hacking system - a demonstration to a big client - a first shot to threat some entity - a diversion while they get the real loot And that the BTC messages are just a way to justify it so it looks like a simple scam. Such a hack is worth way, WAY more than the few BTC it could bring.
Or just, someone stupid and uncreative got very very lucky and this was all they could come up with.
They are not stupid if they could make such a big attack.
Re: Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
#388Twitter should suspend the entire platform until they can credibly fix this and prevent it in the future. An attacker could drop AMZN stock by 10% in minutes with just the wrong tweet from Bezos.
Even worse? How about POTUS declares war on China thru twitter? OMG, I just realized how dumb that would have been to say back in 2016. But these days?
This hack could absolutely get people killed. There are several tweets I can think of from POTUS that would begin immediate military mobilization from an unfriendly country.
Re: Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack
#389Given how huge this hack is, and how little the BTC reward is going to be, I'm tempting to think this is either: - a test of a new hacking system - a demonstration to a big client - a first shot to threat some entity - a diversion while they get the real loot And that the BTC messages are just a way to justify it so it looks like a simple scam. Such a hack is worth way, WAY more than the few BTC it could bring.
Or a distraction while a bigger hack is going on?
What's the logic? It makes the problem much more visible. Ostensibly the fix for fake tweets would also fix whatever they'd be trying to cover.
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#390Earlier quoted context omitted.
You mean shutdown Twitter? I think that's a bit extreme in this case.
Imagine if the hacker was a bit more nefarious and hacked Trump's account to say he was launching a first strike attack against Iran or on Musk's account saying he was halting Model S production due to battery defect. The real world ramifications could be immense.
Or just posted some spirit-cooking pizzagate nonsense as Bill Gates.