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0 pointsbyteshock5y ago0 comments

If they had full access to Twitter’s backend, they probably would be tweeting from accounts like @POTUS or @jack. But this seems like they have access to limited accounts. Most likely gained access to a third party service that allows you to manage your tweets?

Edit: they tweeted from the twitter support account. Just wow. They might have actually gotten into Twitter’s systems.

Edit 2: To expand on my edit above, I saw multiple tweets from other accounts that showed a screenshot of the scam tweet originating from the twitter support account. I’m not sure if it’s real or not, since they keep deleting the tweets. If it is real that would definitely open doors to more theories.

Edit 3: Seems like the twitter support account was a joke. Impossible to tell with everything going on!

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benlumen5y ago

You say they'd target POTUS but of the very high profile accounts it's so far billionaires, corporations and democrat politicians. Does make you wonder.

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Pmop5y ago

I think that they just like to be alive, so they avoided hacking POTUS or other countries Presidents/PMs.

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bollu5y ago

Can you clarify your edit? All I see is this tweet (https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/128351803844522393...) which reads

We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.

Are you implying that this was tweeted by the attackers? or something else?

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VectorLock5y ago

The Twitter backend is probably heavily sprinkled with statements like `account_handle match { case "therealdonaldtrump" => throw new TrumpNotAllowedException("can't do"); }`

Especially after the last insider account tampering event.

mlinsey5y ago

I do think it's odd that so many prominent accounts were hit but not Trump's. I remember there was an incident a couple years ago that a trust and safety employee at Twitter suspended Trump's account on their last day. It's very likely that after that incident, special guards were set in place to prevent admin tools from messing with Trump's account. This would align with speculation that this hack targeted an internal employee admin tool.

Krasnol5y ago

Maybe they're POTUS fans ;)

tathougies5y ago

If they target @POTUS, I believe they'd be guilty of impersonating an elected official, which would make this an even more serious crime? I dunno

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jmkni5y ago

Donald Trump was Tweeting in Farsi earlier, I was seriously on the fence about whether that was a genuine tweet.

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benlumen5y ago

You say they'd target POTUS but of the very high profile accounts it's so far billionaires, corporations and democrat politicians. Does make you wonder.

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Pmop5y ago

I think that they just like to be alive, so they avoided hacking POTUS or other countries Presidents/PMs.

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bollu5y ago

Can you clarify your edit? All I see is this tweet (https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/128351803844522393...) which reads

We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.

Are you implying that this was tweeted by the attackers? or something else?

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VectorLock5y ago

The Twitter backend is probably heavily sprinkled with statements like `account_handle match { case "therealdonaldtrump" => throw new TrumpNotAllowedException("can't do"); }`

Especially after the last insider account tampering event.

mlinsey5y ago

Krasnol5y ago

Maybe they're POTUS fans ;)

tathougies5y ago

If they target @POTUS, I believe they'd be guilty of impersonating an elected official, which would make this an even more serious crime? I dunno

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jmkni5y ago

Donald Trump was Tweeting in Farsi earlier, I was seriously on the fence about whether that was a genuine tweet.

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