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0 pointsmpyne12y ago0 comments

Fishy enough that the SEA's own Twitter account is gloating about it?

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Fortunately it's really hard to make a Twitter account, what with all the passport checks and ID verification that goes on there. Only real, verified SEA members would be able to create such an account. And only when directly logging in from a verified Syrian government IP.

mpyneOP12y ago

Go check the account [1] for yourself, if it's fake it's a long-planted fake strung along with other tweets dating back to August 15th and earlier and describing other known SEA hacks.

If it's not legit it would have to be because they let their own Twitter account get hacked at the same time Twitter was being hacked... which seems very noncompliant with Occam.

[1] https://twitter.com/Official_SEA16

bandushrew12y ago

a month old? dude, Im not standing on either side of this particular fence, it seems perfectly sensible to me to think that either side might be doing it.

Having said that, what on earth is it about that account that makes you think it has any kind of authority?

To be frank, I just couldn't care less who it was. This action is utterly irrelevant to anything that is happening in the real world.

cdcarter12y ago

The account was opened less than a month ago. That's not a long-planted fake.

rhizome12y ago

The word "credulous" comes to mind.

rhizome12y ago

Who is that account registered to?

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jacquesm12y ago

mpyneOP12y ago

Go check the account [1] for yourself, if it's fake it's a long-planted fake strung along with other tweets dating back to August 15th and earlier and describing other known SEA hacks.

If it's not legit it would have to be because they let their own Twitter account get hacked at the same time Twitter was being hacked... which seems very noncompliant with Occam.

[1] https://twitter.com/Official_SEA16

bandushrew12y ago

a month old? dude, Im not standing on either side of this particular fence, it seems perfectly sensible to me to think that either side might be doing it.

Having said that, what on earth is it about that account that makes you think it has any kind of authority?

To be frank, I just couldn't care less who it was. This action is utterly irrelevant to anything that is happening in the real world.

cdcarter12y ago

The account was opened less than a month ago. That's not a long-planted fake.

rhizome12y ago

The word "credulous" comes to mind.

rhizome12y ago

Who is that account registered to?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse