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It will be interesting to learn more as the case proceeds. Was he not using tor? I'm actually not super surprised that they've arrested a teenager. Considering

It will be interesting to learn more as the case proceeds. Was he not using tor? I'm actually not super surprised that they've arrested a teenager. Considering the thoroughness of the hack, just using it to scam a few bitcoins seemed a bit blasé. Imagine the shitshow he could've started by tweeting as Trump

grezql 6y ago
Trump is a "protected" account in twitters internal system. Even Twitter employees cant access such protected accounts.
- eunos 6y ago
  But Biden's account wasn't? Quite peculiar considering the upcoming election.
  - detaro 6y ago
    Trumps account got attacked by an employee in the past, presumably it got a special case added then, but they didn't get to an overall policy on heads of state and candidates.
    - eunos 6y ago
      Maybe after "verified" account, there will be a "guarded/critical" account.
- jacquesm 6y ago
  Not all of them can, but some of them can. For instance the people that could reset that 'protected' status. It certainly won't be the tooth fairy doing that, a Twitter employee is much more likely.
- danso 6y ago
  It's weird that Musk's didn't have elevated privileges. Trump's account getting hacked has obviously greater potential harm, but Musk's (non-hacked) tweets had demonstrably major financial and legal impact. And if you read the replies to his tweets, you can see they are constantly getting spammed by bitcoin-hawking accounts (even hacked verified accounts) impersonating Musk's display name and avatar. If Musk didn't get elevated privileges, then who else besides Trump would have them? Or are the protections for Trump just the same emergency bespoke fix that they implemented when his account was previously deleted?
kickopotomus 6y ago
Based on the fact that the article mentioned the IRS being involved and the fact that the IRS has been more attentive to cryptocurrencies, my assumption is that they found some way to tie him to the wallets he was using. I would be surprised if the IRS did not have some pretty sophisticated ledger processing tools at this point.

grezql 6y ago

Trump is a "protected" account in twitters internal system. Even Twitter employees cant access such protected accounts.

eunos 6y ago
But Biden's account wasn't? Quite peculiar considering the upcoming election.
- detaro 6y ago
  Trumps account got attacked by an employee in the past, presumably it got a special case added then, but they didn't get to an overall policy on heads of state and candidates.
  - eunos 6y ago
    Maybe after "verified" account, there will be a "guarded/critical" account.
jacquesm 6y ago
Not all of them can, but some of them can. For instance the people that could reset that 'protected' status. It certainly won't be the tooth fairy doing that, a Twitter employee is much more likely.
danso 6y ago
It's weird that Musk's didn't have elevated privileges. Trump's account getting hacked has obviously greater potential harm, but Musk's (non-hacked) tweets had demonstrably major financial and legal impact. And if you read the replies to his tweets, you can see they are constantly getting spammed by bitcoin-hawking accounts (even hacked verified accounts) impersonating Musk's display name and avatar. If Musk didn't get elevated privileges, then who else besides Trump would have them? Or are the protections for Trump just the same emergency bespoke fix that they implemented when his account was previously deleted?

kickopotomus 6y ago

Based on the fact that the article mentioned the IRS being involved and the fact that the IRS has been more attentive to cryptocurrencies, my assumption is that they found some way to tie him to the wallets he was using. I would be surprised if the IRS did not have some pretty sophisticated ledger processing tools at this point.