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I hadn't really considered that the attack might be against Twitter, the corporation, itself. The BTC thing is obviously too stupid to be the objective, but if

I hadn't really considered that the attack might be against Twitter, the corporation, itself. The BTC thing is obviously too stupid to be the objective, but if you hate Twitter, then would there be a better way to teardown the entire site than doing something like this?

kristofferR 6y ago
Make everyone post the N-word and goatse? Hell, even just hacking Trump to do it would probably trigger a federal investigation. I doubt this current situation will.
- Eyght 6y ago
  Disclaimer. This is just my personal speculation about the current Twitter situation. Since this attack was preceded by the hacking of Jack Dorsey's account through a mobile provider vulnerability, my suspicion falls on a large Trump-friendly country, known for their state-sponsored hackers. The motive would be to punish Jack for his anti-Trump stance. When they gained access to Jack's account these hackers might've found access credentials, like a root password, and decided to quickly capitalize on their find with a simple bitcoin scam, aswell as just generally messing about with the platform.
  - eternalban 6y ago
    Are you saying Jack Dorsey had access to everything via a super-user account?
    - Eyght 6y ago
      That's a bit extreme, but maybe a moderator level account that could moderate tweets and accounts.
  - mmmmmk 6y ago
    Yeah, that would be my hunch too. To gather potentially damaging messages from Obama, et al, and damage Twitter. Interesting that the Russian Foreign Ministry's Twitter was hacked last week. Maybe related (a test or to throw off the scent?): https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/04/hackers-compromise-russian-foreign-ministry-twitter-account-ask-600000-for-stolen-database/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/04/hackers-...
    - Eyght 6y ago
      Looks like the hackers might've gained access to an internal admin panel. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23853786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23853786
      - mmmmmk 6y ago
        It's an interesting coincidence that the "digital guru" Brad Parscale was demoted and another guy promoted at the end of the day. Hopefully it's not related, but the list of Twitter accounts compromised would be an oppo researchers dream (and there could be more accounts compromised that weren't publicly flagged). https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manager-demoted/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manag...
- Sebb767 6y ago
  > I doubt this current situation will. I'm not so sure about that. Sure, it didn't impact THE account or crash the stock of an unaffiliated company, but that proverbial bullet flew close and I bet that quite a few powerful people felt the wind. The "harmless" nature might spare the hackers a bit, but it definitely won't spare Twitter.

kristofferR 6y ago

Make everyone post the N-word and goatse? Hell, even just hacking Trump to do it would probably trigger a federal investigation. I doubt this current situation will.

Eyght 6y ago
Disclaimer. This is just my personal speculation about the current Twitter situation. Since this attack was preceded by the hacking of Jack Dorsey's account through a mobile provider vulnerability, my suspicion falls on a large Trump-friendly country, known for their state-sponsored hackers. The motive would be to punish Jack for his anti-Trump stance. When they gained access to Jack's account these hackers might've found access credentials, like a root password, and decided to quickly capitalize on their find with a simple bitcoin scam, aswell as just generally messing about with the platform.
- eternalban 6y ago
  Are you saying Jack Dorsey had access to everything via a super-user account?
  - Eyght 6y ago
    That's a bit extreme, but maybe a moderator level account that could moderate tweets and accounts.
- mmmmmk 6y ago
  Yeah, that would be my hunch too. To gather potentially damaging messages from Obama, et al, and damage Twitter. Interesting that the Russian Foreign Ministry's Twitter was hacked last week. Maybe related (a test or to throw off the scent?): https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/04/hackers-compromise-russian-foreign-ministry-twitter-account-ask-600000-for-stolen-database/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/04/hackers-...
  - Eyght 6y ago
    Looks like the hackers might've gained access to an internal admin panel. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23853786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23853786
    - mmmmmk 6y ago
      It's an interesting coincidence that the "digital guru" Brad Parscale was demoted and another guy promoted at the end of the day. Hopefully it's not related, but the list of Twitter accounts compromised would be an oppo researchers dream (and there could be more accounts compromised that weren't publicly flagged). https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manager-demoted/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manag...
Sebb767 6y ago
> I doubt this current situation will. I'm not so sure about that. Sure, it didn't impact THE account or crash the stock of an unaffiliated company, but that proverbial bullet flew close and I bet that quite a few powerful people felt the wind. The "harmless" nature might spare the hackers a bit, but it definitely won't spare Twitter.