Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by durpkingOP on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:33PM
(#23853133)
this is not a way for you to demonstrate what can be done to a big client. ignore OP.
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by eric_cc on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:00PM
(#23853445)
Source?
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by hashbig on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:29PM
(#23853747)
Common sense. You demonstrate on low profile accounts so when the “client” pays you for the real job, you still have access to the vulnerability.
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by kshacker on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:00PM
(#23853434)
I will bite. Without taking a political stance. Imagine you could show GRU that they can make Trump tweet "I just ordered a nuclear strike on..."
What value would you place on this?
The proof will go along with another method of hacking the account that is not disclosed.
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by notatoad on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:07PM
(#23853514)
After having alerted twitter to the hack and given them time to fix it? I'd say that's worth approximately $0
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by jrumbut on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:17PM
(#23853614)
If life was like Sherlock Holmes, the real hack would be put in place during the rush to fix this one.
I don't seriously suggest this is what happened though. I don't have any information about this. Glad I never did send or receive Twitter DMs though.
Okay, this has me curious. Could someone describe the context/circumstance where you have a 'big client' to whom you illustrate capabilities by this kind of hack? This is a black market thing, right?
I don't doubt it, I'm just curious what this market is, and what it means to be a 'big client' in it, etc.