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Why is this even a story? Has there been any confirmation that this account even actually belonged to the CIA director? If yes, has there been any evidence tha

by ryanlol 11y ago

Why is this even a story? Has there been any confirmation that this account even actually belonged to the CIA director? If yes, has there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account? (I seriously doubt the latter) If there was nothing on the account how is this different from any of the other tens of thousands of aols that have been hijacked since the 90s?

mfoy_ 11y ago
This topic was on HN a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10413563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10413563 In that article the hacker claims he found sensitive material, and even flagrantly taunted the CIA director with it...
- ryanlol 11y ago
  Yes and there is zero evidence of any sensitive material.
  - pavornyoh 11y ago
    >Yes and there is zero evidence of any sensitive material. A ton of info. was posted on his twitter account that is now suspended. For DHS and FBI to investigate, they must have solid evidence of a breach to do so.
    - ryanlol 11y ago
      The most "sensitive" info I saw was his own SSN, which anyone can buy off of ssndob...
  - castis 11y ago
    This was posted on the guys twitter page: https://twitter.com/phphax/status/656152792453795840/photo/1 https://twitter.com/phphax/status/656152792453795840/photo/1
    - ryanlol 11y ago
      A list of names? I don't see anything there that wouldn't be publicly available on the internet.
      - nacs 11y ago
        Just from that screenshot you can see phone numbers emails, date of birth, most recent employment and social security numbers.
        ryanlol 11y ago
        In what world are social security numbers sensitive information? The one where you can buy pretty much anyone's (with a credit history) for $1.8?
onewaystreet 11y ago
> Has there been any confirmation that this account even actually belonged to the CIA director? Yes > If yes, has there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account? Yes Go Google for 5 minutes.
- ryanlol 11y ago
  Googling for 5 minutes didn't return anything supporting the second claim.
  - irl_zebra 11y ago
    It appears you couldn't have Googled for more than 2-3 minutes.
    - ryanlol 11y ago
      How so?
      - irl_zebra 11y ago
        Your response was between two and three minutes after the comment telling you to Google for five minutes.
        ryanlol 11y ago
        I personally feel that I've been observing the passing of time before his comment.
        ossreality 11y ago
        ... are you actually fucking serious
joshkpeterson 11y ago
RTFA.
- ryanlol 11y ago
  I suppose you didn't, as it certainly doesn't answer the second question.
starshadowx2 11y ago
"as there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account?" Wikileaks is publishing all of the supposed files, so they do exist and have been leaked. http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9583464/wikileaks-cia-email-hack-published-download http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9583464/wikileaks-cia-ema...
- ryanlol 11y ago
  The sensitivity of any of that is really questionable.

by ryanlol 11y ago

mfoy_ 11y ago

This topic was on HN a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10413563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10413563 In that article the hacker claims he found sensitive material, and even flagrantly taunted the CIA director with it...

ryanlol 11y ago
Yes and there is zero evidence of any sensitive material.
- pavornyoh 11y ago
  >Yes and there is zero evidence of any sensitive material. A ton of info. was posted on his twitter account that is now suspended. For DHS and FBI to investigate, they must have solid evidence of a breach to do so.
  - ryanlol 11y ago
    The most "sensitive" info I saw was his own SSN, which anyone can buy off of ssndob...
- castis 11y ago
  This was posted on the guys twitter page: https://twitter.com/phphax/status/656152792453795840/photo/1 https://twitter.com/phphax/status/656152792453795840/photo/1
  - ryanlol 11y ago
    A list of names? I don't see anything there that wouldn't be publicly available on the internet.
    - nacs 11y ago
      Just from that screenshot you can see phone numbers emails, date of birth, most recent employment and social security numbers.
      - ryanlol 11y ago
        In what world are social security numbers sensitive information? The one where you can buy pretty much anyone's (with a credit history) for $1.8?

onewaystreet 11y ago

> Has there been any confirmation that this account even actually belonged to the CIA director? Yes > If yes, has there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account? Yes Go Google for 5 minutes.

ryanlol 11y ago
Googling for 5 minutes didn't return anything supporting the second claim.
- irl_zebra 11y ago
  It appears you couldn't have Googled for more than 2-3 minutes.
  - ryanlol 11y ago
    How so?
    - irl_zebra 11y ago
      Your response was between two and three minutes after the comment telling you to Google for five minutes.
      - ryanlol 11y ago
        I personally feel that I've been observing the passing of time before his comment.
        ossreality 11y ago
        ... are you actually fucking serious

joshkpeterson 11y ago

RTFA.

ryanlol 11y ago
I suppose you didn't, as it certainly doesn't answer the second question.

starshadowx2 11y ago

"as there been any evidence that there was actually anything sensitive on the account?" Wikileaks is publishing all of the supposed files, so they do exist and have been leaked. http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9583464/wikileaks-cia-email-hack-published-download http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9583464/wikileaks-cia-ema...

ryanlol 11y ago
The sensitivity of any of that is really questionable.