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I wonder why they didn't target Donald Trump's account. My guess is that there's some accounts hidden behind a different structure that is only accesible to a h

I wonder why they didn't target Donald Trump's account. My guess is that there's some accounts hidden behind a different structure that is only accesible to a handful of people. Or maybe they just didn't want to shake the hornet's nest.

dmix 6y ago
In 2017 a Twitter employee already got fired for momentarily deleting his account. After that incident I doubt the regular employee admin panel has access to it. Probably a few accounts require special admin privileges (world leader accounts I assume). Which would be a much more reasonable explanation than the conspiracies being floated and could also imply that Twitter has thought about the "national security" scenarios in the article.
- Diskutant 6y ago
  He wasn't fired for it. He did it on his last day. https://twitter.com/TwitterGov/status/926267806261407744 https://twitter.com/TwitterGov/status/926267806261407744
  - echelon 6y ago
    Was that employee questioned by the FBI? Did they face further consequences? You shouldn't be able to get away with something like that.
    - JumpCrisscross 6y ago
      > You shouldn't be able to get away with something like that An account on a private service was deleted. Not a brilliant move. But not something that merits more than being fired and possibly pursued for money damages.
      - deleted 6y ago
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tinodotim 6y ago
Trump's account got deleted in the past by a twitter employee. (Potentially through the same tool?) Pretty sure Twitter communicated after that that they took precautions that this won't be able to happen again. I guess the question is why other high profile accounts like Obama's weren't secured the same way.
amatecha 6y ago
Maybe they did access his account, and they just didn't post a stupid Bitcoin scam with it? :)
- Larrikin 6y ago
  Has any information about an audit come out. It seems like his account should have been the number one target to suck in all the drafts and DMs and posting a trash bitcoin scam on other prominent accounts seems like a great way to distract from their goal.
tensor 6y ago
It's somewhat interesting in that aside from Musk, most of the people hacked were on Trump's enemy list.
- jowday 6y ago
  I'm guessing that's just reflective of how many people dislike Trump.
leephillips 6y ago
Come on. Who’s going to belive that Donald Trump is going to pay them more than they paid him. Even for 30 minutes.
- whoisjuan 6y ago
  His base would believe the most ridiculous things as long as they are coming from his mouth. So I wouldn’t be surprised that could work. But I don’t think his hardcore base understands what Bitcoin is, so probably wouldn’t work.
JoeDaDude 6y ago
This incident brings to mind the time in 2017 when President Trump sent out three tweets, the first one starting with "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept..." and then a 9 minute gap before the second one, leaving the people around the world speculating. Did the president just start a war on Twitter? No, he had asked the military to enact a transgender ban. [1] https://www.countable.us/articles/804-trump-tweets-transgender-ban-u-s-military https://www.countable.us/articles/804-trump-tweets-transgend...

dmix 6y ago

In 2017 a Twitter employee already got fired for momentarily deleting his account. After that incident I doubt the regular employee admin panel has access to it. Probably a few accounts require special admin privileges (world leader accounts I assume). Which would be a much more reasonable explanation than the conspiracies being floated and could also imply that Twitter has thought about the "national security" scenarios in the article.

Diskutant 6y ago
He wasn't fired for it. He did it on his last day. https://twitter.com/TwitterGov/status/926267806261407744 https://twitter.com/TwitterGov/status/926267806261407744
- echelon 6y ago
  Was that employee questioned by the FBI? Did they face further consequences? You shouldn't be able to get away with something like that.
  - JumpCrisscross 6y ago
    > You shouldn't be able to get away with something like that An account on a private service was deleted. Not a brilliant move. But not something that merits more than being fired and possibly pursued for money damages.
    - deleted 6y ago
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tinodotim 6y ago

Trump's account got deleted in the past by a twitter employee. (Potentially through the same tool?) Pretty sure Twitter communicated after that that they took precautions that this won't be able to happen again. I guess the question is why other high profile accounts like Obama's weren't secured the same way.

amatecha 6y ago

Maybe they did access his account, and they just didn't post a stupid Bitcoin scam with it? :)

Larrikin 6y ago
Has any information about an audit come out. It seems like his account should have been the number one target to suck in all the drafts and DMs and posting a trash bitcoin scam on other prominent accounts seems like a great way to distract from their goal.

tensor 6y ago

It's somewhat interesting in that aside from Musk, most of the people hacked were on Trump's enemy list.

jowday 6y ago
I'm guessing that's just reflective of how many people dislike Trump.

leephillips 6y ago

Come on. Who’s going to belive that Donald Trump is going to pay them more than they paid him. Even for 30 minutes.

whoisjuan 6y ago
His base would believe the most ridiculous things as long as they are coming from his mouth. So I wouldn’t be surprised that could work. But I don’t think his hardcore base understands what Bitcoin is, so probably wouldn’t work.

JoeDaDude 6y ago

This incident brings to mind the time in 2017 when President Trump sent out three tweets, the first one starting with "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept..." and then a 9 minute gap before the second one, leaving the people around the world speculating. Did the president just start a war on Twitter? No, he had asked the military to enact a transgender ban. [1] https://www.countable.us/articles/804-trump-tweets-transgender-ban-u-s-military https://www.countable.us/articles/804-trump-tweets-transgend...