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This. It almost seems like a proof of concept for someone selling services to a bigger player, using the Bitcoin angle as a smokescreen. Something like this r
by shostack 6y ago
This. It almost seems like a proof of concept for someone selling services to a bigger player, using the Bitcoin angle as a smokescreen.
Something like this right before the election or after could wreak havoc if targeted to the right accounts. I imagine certain state sponsors would pay handsomely for that.
- huntermeyer 6y agoThat was my thought as well. A big stunt to show they can take over some of the largest names on Twitter/world as a proof of concept. Think of what they can do if they fan this out at scale to millions of normal accounts.
- mpfundstein 6y agopretty dumb criminals then. Exposing their approach to twitter before doing the real thing...
- famouslastwords 6y ago>This. It almost seems like a proof of concept for someone selling services to a bigger player, using the Bitcoin angle as a smokescreen. This is rather unlikely. There is nothing left to sell. The vulnerabilty was "burned" in the showcase. The code will now be patched 6 ways till sunday and they will probably uncover even more vulns in the code audit. Twitter got caught with their pants down and they will make sure it doesn't happen againg the same way. If you want to make a display PoC before the sale, let the buyer arbitrarily choose a Twitter account and then do your thing. Taking over dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts the way it happened is just drawing unnecessary attention. Everyone will now trust Twitter less and no one know what kind of new security measure will come of this.