Re:Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings
by freehunter on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:23PM
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The FBI is very commonly involved in cyber crimes and the other departments have a role to play as well. Calling the FBI during a major security incident is not unusual at all, I’ve done it a number of times.
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Re:Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings
by Consultant32452 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:15PM
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In the early days of the internet the FBI was kind enough to call my employer and inform us that we had left open an anonymous FTP server, and it was serving up Disney movies. Those were good times.
Re:Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings
by tdhz77 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:23PM
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FBI warned a non-profit 8 hours before news broke that the US had bombed an Iranian general. Indeed, they saved many lives.
Re:Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings
by nexuist on Thursday July 16, 2020 @01:07AM
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Are there any articles where someone could read about this? What was the non profit?
Re:Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings
by electro_blah on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:58PM
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what was the outcome? did they catch the criminals?