Amazon security staff reported its own tweets as “suspicious,” fearing hack

Re:Amazon security staff reported its own tweets as “suspici... by SheinhardtWigCo on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:41PM (#26625444)

I find it surprising that the Intercept would be so cavalier about the source material, given that it is likely to have a highly restricted distribution list inside Amazon.

Reminds me of this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/business/media/the-interc...

> The Intercept scrambled to publish a story on the report, ignoring the most basic security precautions. The lead reporter on the story sent a copy of the document, which contained a crease showing it had been printed out, to the N.S.A. media affairs office, all but identifying Ms. Winner as the leaker.

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Re:Amazon security staff reported its own tweets as “suspici... by ehaughee on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:42PM (#26626369)

This ticket wasn't an encrypted ticket (and thus was not locked down). I'm looking at it right now and I have nothing to do with security nor PR. I don't find this surprising as it contains no proprietary, classified, or customer information.

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Re:Amazon security staff reported its own tweets as “suspici... by ummonk on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:15PM (#26627599)

There is potentially traceable information there including laptop browser extensions as well as phone camera specs. I'm not sure how doxxable it is but if the Intercept were exercising appropriate caution they wouldn't have published the photo.

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Re:Amazon security staff reported its own tweets as “suspici... by ehaughee on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:41AM (#26631317)

Sorry, I wasn't trying to dispute your statement on the Intercept's actions. I was just pointing out that the ticket wasn't any more secret or locked down than any normal ticket and thus a large swath of the company had access (although the ticket has since been made private), not a highly restricted distribution list.

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