July 15 Twitter Attacks

Re:July 15 Twitter Attacks by AnimalMuppet on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:31PM (#23873113)

If I understand correctly, the real users were locked out. Doesn't that mean that they couldn't send DMs?

Now, sure, you could gain access earlier, capture DMs for a while, then lock out the real users, post the bitcoin scam messages, collect what you can in bitcoin, and still have the captured DMs as your real haul from the attack.

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Re:July 15 Twitter Attacks by EForEndeavour on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:38PM (#23873201)

I'm assuming your second scenario is what went down: gain access to target accounts, export DMs, then execute the public bitcoin scam as proof of work.

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Re:July 15 Twitter Attacks by amatecha on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:43PM (#23873269)

Yeah, what ppl mean by collecting DMs is getting copies of years' worth of private conversations that the accounts likely engaged in over Twitter DMs (not so much about continued surveiling of new DMs)

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