News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack. Parent comment

Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by marcinzm on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:36PM (#23852269)
They're clearly trying to avoid the risk of being tracked. For example, they could have done stock manipulation and made more money. Trump is someone with the power and craziness to spend a hundred million tracking you down and literally dropping bombs on your head. So it'd be poor risk management to go after his account.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Covzire on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:48PM (#23852461)
I agree, but only until the bombings, I mean he's the most anti-war president in living memory.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by patagurbon on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:04PM (#23853477)
He killed a general from an opposition nation state...
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by marcinzm on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:50PM (#23852484)
Bombing != war. Trump administration has had plenty of people killed by drone strikes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/iran-strike-live-update...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by clairity on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:52PM (#23852537)
yup, trump hates war because it's bad for the businesses he's in (like real estate and luxury branding), but drone strikes don't have that downside.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by kzrdude on Thursday July 16, 2020 @03:54AM (#23856796)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/world/asia/moab-mother-of...

> President Trump has bestowed additional authority on the Pentagon in his first months in office, which the military has argued will help it defeat the Islamic State more speedily. Mr. Trump did not say whether he had personally approved Thursday’s mission.

> “What I do is I authorize my military,” Mr. Trump said after a meeting with emergency workers at the White House. He called the bombing “another very, very successful mission.”

I think we can imagine being more anti-war than Trump.

Do you remember Jimmy Carter? Being anti-war means deescalation, diplomacy and solving problems without violence.

[ Parent | on HN ]