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It "feels" like an insider attack (simultaneous compromise of lots of high value accounts) but I agree, it will make for a fascinating post mortem if one is pro
by ChuckMcM 6y ago
It "feels" like an insider attack (simultaneous compromise of lots of high value accounts) but I agree, it will make for a fascinating post mortem if one is produced.
- neurostimulant 6y agoHmm, how much money this scam would potentially generates? I think the salary of an engineer working on twitter would be higher given how fast this scam would be shut down. Would a twitter employee risk their career to this scam?
- alberts00 6y agoIt might as well be an employee whose devices were compromised.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoIf you can't get caught, it's just some free money... depends on moral compass... Maybe we'll get a leetcode question out of it, how much should you risk your career for after taking a job at a FAANG?
- therein 6y agoMore than 130k, that's for sure. It would have to be orders of magnitude larger.
- swagonomixxx 6y agoThat would be hilarious and full of irony. Given that most FANGers are obsessed with cash, I'm pretty sure they'd say "yes" to risking their career for some sweet BTC.
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- ChuckMcM 6y agoI would be surprised if it were an engineer, but not everyone who is employed would be an engineer. When I was at Google two fairly high profile incidents were enacted by contractors (one in the IT "TechStop" group and one a data center tech)
- ChuckMcM 6y agoAnd now this : A Twitter insider was responsible for a wave of high profile account takeovers on Wednesday, according to leaked screenshots obtained by Motherboard and two sources who took over accounts. From - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxd3d/twitter-insider-access-panel-account-hacks-biden-uber-bezos https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxd3d/twitter-insider-ac...