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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by throwaway43234 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:10PM (#23852817)
Its not hard to fathom that someone who was able to pull off a hack like this could have also found a way to mess with the metadata there.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by mod on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:12PM (#23853569)
It kinda is, if the premise is "they hacked a 3rd party app"
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by maest on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:14PM (#23852881)
Idle speculation isn't very helpful.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by throwaway43234 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:23PM (#23853005)
Parent takes the posted-from metadata as absolute truth.

I say it can't be relied upon when an active & involved hack is underway.

You provide nothing of value. What do you think this entire thread is, but for idle speculation?

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