[dead]
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by mmmmmk on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:55PM
(#23854895)
Yeah, that would be my hunch too. To gather potentially damaging messages from Obama, et al, and damage Twitter. Interesting that the Russian Foreign Ministry's Twitter was hacked last week. Maybe related (a test or to throw off the scent?): https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/04/hackers-...
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by Eyght on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:29PM
(#23855095)
Looks like the hackers might've gained access to an internal admin panel.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23853786
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by mmmmmk on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:54AM
(#23858046)
It's an interesting coincidence that the "digital guru" Brad Parscale was demoted and another guy promoted at the end of the day. Hopefully it's not related, but the list of Twitter accounts compromised would be an oppo researchers dream (and there could be more accounts compromised that weren't publicly flagged).
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/politics/trump-campaign-manag...
Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane...
by eternalban on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:11PM
(#23853552)
Are you saying Jack Dorsey had access to everything via a super-user account?