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The hacking seems like it was motivated by profit. See: http://d.ioj.com/209937/pxkr3qeg24ds.jpg http://d.ioj.com/209937/pxkr3qeg24ds.jpg The perpetrator post
by omarchowdhury 18y ago
The hacking seems like it was motivated by profit.
See: http://d.ioj.com/209937/pxkr3qeg24ds.jpg http://d.ioj.com/209937/pxkr3qeg24ds.jpg
The perpetrator posted a link to a website where users fill out a simple survey and enter their email address to get a prize. The perpetrator would get $1.50 for each person that completes the survey. Seeing as how this was done from Obama's legitimate Twitter account, it would be very easy for people to believe it.
However, the advertising company that runs the survey has banned the hacker. It really was a dumb thing to do: the URL itself contains his affiliate ID on that advertising network - enough to get his name, full address, social security number with simple cooperation from the advertising company (Copeac).