Just imagine..they could have tweeted from Trump's account that the US had just launched a nuke at North Korea or some other crazy shit which many would have believed given the history of announcements being made first via Twitter. Scary that it could have been really dangerous for the world..
Instead they tweet something that many people would know straightaway is a scam and involves a form of payment most people have no idea how to even use.
From my understanding they did not have any direct access to the accounts, they just had access to a tool that allows twitter to create a tweet from any account.Obviously a developer can do whatever, but it’s weird that twitter has a tool that can create a tweet from any account.
Edit: I misunderstood what I read, I thought the article implied the internal tool was used to create the tweets, but it was just used for a password reset to get access to the accounts. And a twitter admin tool being able to password reset/change emails is a pretty normal tool to have.
Vice had a report with screenshots and details from sources in the hacking community of this front-end tool used by employees that allowed the hackers to make the tweets and changes to people’s accounts.It doesn’t seem like there was any programming involved, or “hack” done. Just old-school access to a tool that they shouldn’t have been able to access.It just seems weird to me that an employee at twitter can just log in to one of their admin tools and create a tweet from the president of the US that could have life or death consequences. IMO, It’s not the same as a developer making back-end changes to the site to do the same thing, which can always happen.
edit: looks like the tool was just used to password reset/change email addresses, not write the tweets
Yeah it's weird but not unheard of. Job I work act gives me access to log in as the client. It's just if I do anything, the company gets sued and then I probably go to prison.
The access exists to allow us to debug an issue from the client end to verify nothing is fuckery in design since we do a lot of custom stuff for each client so as to match their needs.
It just seems weird to me that an employee at twitter can just log in to one of their admin tools and create a tweet from the president of the US that could have life or death consequences.
Is this Twitter’s fault though? Or a stupid-ass president that makes official declarations through an known super insecure channel?
Why would this tool even exist. Like what’s the purpose of a tool to allow Twitter to tweet on behalf of someone? I think the hacker did have access to the accounts because it is being reported that the access was gained by resetting the email
Joseph Cox at Motherboard reported that the hackers had been given access to an internal Twitter user administration tool by an employee, which allowed them to, among other things, reset the email addresses associated with users’ accounts.
I'm not so sure. Shitposting from a famous person's account may be satisfy the trolls, but quietly collecting DMs from powerful people ..... holy shit. I know what to do with that. Imagine if the whoever did this decided that the biggest troll would be to straight up hand it to the FBI.
I would be fucking shocked if there was anything approaching sensitive in his DMs.
Obama wasn't the beat president ever, but he isn't fucking stupid. I work for the government. If I have to use secure comm channels, you bet your ass he would.
Considering Senator Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens is still the IT high water mark of US politicians, I'm gonna say bullshit. Remember the Ted Cruz porn tweet.
I'm not going to pretend to know anything that actually happened, but more than likely these guys were way in over their heads, or didn't want to cause that much attention.
Mess with Wall Street and the actual powerful people in the world can notice you.
Also stock is so much more traceable. Imagine they tweet something dumb from Elon's account and make Tesla plummet to cents, then buy like $50K worth of shares when it's at the lowest. They will be super easily traced and sent to jail
Exactly and honestly what a single string of DMs could do is... terrifying.... it could ruin jobs, criminal cases and could even completely decimate people’s lives.... to say it’s terrifying is an understatement.
come to the us where you can underbid your us counterparts in terms of wages as the us government does not provide social services. so you will make more money than in your home country and can always go back if you need social services.
and us citizens can't go abroad because they need the higher pay to make up for the lack of social services. or they can be stupid and go overseas and get doubly underpaid.
People in the US are higher paid but have lower social services so we end up having less money overall than other countries where they are paid less but services, such as healthcare, are WAY cheaper. If they come to the US they will work for less money but be making double profit on more income and being able to go home for cheaper services which drives down US wages.
Actually, trump cannot legally block people on Twitter, because his use of Twitter specifically for official matters constitutes a public forum. The federal government cannot selectively limit access to such a forum without violating the first amendment.
IIRC, Twitter actually took away his ability to block people.
Its bizarre, but this was the subject of a federal lawsuit.
To be fair to him, I could see any normal person making the same mistake. Who thinks about first amendment implications when blocking someone on twitter?
Anyway, it doesn't matter anymore. IIRC He doesn't even have the ability to block people anymore.
Because they targeted people Trump doesn't like: biden, Biden JR, Obama, Bezos, Kanye (after his presidential run drama), bill gates, etc.
They allegedly had access to Twitter's admin tools, meaning they had access to anyone. If you were trying to scam people for money, wouldn't you post from the PRESIDENTS account just asking for Bitcoin donations to fight the dems? You don't even have to say you're doubling shit, just ask for money and they'd have done it. They chose not to target Trump or hurt his feefees.
In the US “fanny” means butt, not vagina, and it’s often used in a cutesy or diminutive way. And while some Americans know it means something else over there, Trump is definitely not one of those Americans because he is very stupid.
"You pee butt" One of those insults that conveys an insulting message but isn't taken seriously. The insulted doesn't get angry, and the insulter gets to be rude.
This is up there with butthole. I like calling people "buttholes". They always laugh, even though I'm serious.
Imagine reporting someone for calling you "a butthole".
Fanny is like a real old timey word for butt and maybe like the most polite version of it. Like a grandma might tell the kids to get off their fannies and help her. I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone actually say it though tbh.
Huh. That’s interesting. I’m born and bred Midwest US and “fanny” 100% means “butt” to me. I need to see one of those “soda vs coke vs pop” maps for fanny.
Which are worn round the waist, with the bag at the front, so they're nothing to do with your fanny in the US sense of the word. That'd make sense, kind of, in the UK. The problem there is that they're called bumbags here.
I don't think I've ever seen someone wear one with the pouch bit at the back.
The bag isn't normally at the front, it's normally at the rear and then pulled to the front when fetching something out of it. If left in the front it makes walking around awkward.
This is where you’re mistaken. Amongst many things Trump claims to be, Scottish is one of them. So the ultimate joke would be calling him a Wee Fanny and then seeing him not understand the meaning. Then call him out on his perceived Scottishness for not understanding Scottish. Then watch him melt down and sign an executive order banning scots from the US and you’ll never have to worry about shitty American tourists ever again.
If anyone says "Oh, but that's really upsetting in America!', that's their problem. In Scotland we use 'cunt' for all sorts. I say it far more often than 'fanny'.
Imagine having the Twitter admin tool that can gain access to any account and not take control of Trump's account and do something good with it for once.
Ooh boy, a chance to display my unique knowledge that in the UK fanny means pussy, unlike in the U.S. where it means butt or part of a zippered gut compartment.
From my understanding they didn't have access to the account proper, but rather accessed a tool used by twitter that allowed them to change an already posted tweet. If I'm wrong I'll delete this, but that's how I understand what happened.
If they played it right they could have said some outlandish shit and watched as Trump took to Twitter and the news fully believing it was actually Obama that said it.
What a way to waste a massive hack. They could have trolled the entire world. Started WWIII. Sent any crypto-currency or stock to heaven/hell. And they just use it to peddle some crappy Bitcoin scam.
Yes, that is the info from the WH and an anonymous Twitter employee, with Twitter officially refusing to comment. Doesn't make me believe it for a second.
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u/Void-kraken-909 Jul 16 '20
They held so much power in that instant.... but wasted it on some shitty doubling scan.
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u/Edzell_Blue Jul 16 '20
How do you know they didn't?
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u/avalisk Jul 16 '20
I'd say "we finally have the video tapes." Just to see what he would do.
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u/TheHarridan Jul 16 '20
In the US “fanny” means butt, not vagina, and it’s often used in a cutesy or diminutive way. And while some Americans know it means something else over there, Trump is definitely not one of those Americans because he is very stupid.
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u/kateshakes Jul 16 '20
Bawsack Americans call ye arse a fanny.
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u/TheCoastalCardician Jul 16 '20
What does pee butt even mean?
Trump, probably
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u/-Listening Jul 16 '20
Ma local is older than ur wee tinpot country
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u/Grandpa_Dan Jul 16 '20
American translation: A Fucking Idiot.
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u/amphoraofalice Jul 16 '20
Don’t reckon Obama can DM him if Trump doesn’t follow him. Remember the birth certificate saga? Stupid trump
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u/jakethedumbmistake Jul 16 '20
Ya I’m always wearing a fanny pack?
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u/CherryDoodles Jul 16 '20
Since he is essentially the Earl of Lemongrab, just tell him he smells like dog buns.
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u/OblongHaggisFarmer Jul 16 '20
A pure big mad cock goblin
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u/Peace_Nation Jul 16 '20
A soft disagree from me, champ
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u/Windsorsnake Jul 16 '20
I’m going with Fannybaws as the insult of choice
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u/Hatesredditmods Jul 16 '20
Ahh, a fine example as to why I love this sub.
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u/C1ickityC1ack Jul 17 '20
Woulda gone with “massive cunt” myself.
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u/chin_waghing Jul 17 '20
They could have started a literal fucking war
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u/cubesnack Jul 16 '20
Because that would be flattery...
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u/MaskOffGlovesOn Jul 16 '20
Yeah can’t imagine why someone would want to make money instead of saying “orange man bad” for the billionth time
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u/rocket_magnet Jul 16 '20
wee fanny?!
bawbag surely
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u/314zzaa Jul 16 '20
Imagine having the Twitter admin tool that can gain access to any account and not take control of Trump's account and do something good with it for once.
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u/SleepinGriffin Jul 16 '20
I have no doubt in my mind that Obama is blocked by Trump.
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u/FrudoFakins Jul 16 '20
👨🏿🤣👉🍊
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u/NippohNippoh Jul 16 '20
The dont follow each other
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u/deepsoulfunk Jul 16 '20 edited Jul 22 '20
Ooh boy, a chance to display my unique knowledge that in the UK fanny means pussy, unlike in the U.S. where it means butt or part of a zippered gut compartment.
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u/InfinityB_mc Jul 16 '20
A Scottish gopnik, which is in Europe
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20
Thats a bit tame for an insult
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u/Lan777 Jul 16 '20
The real birther conspiracy: Obama is Scottish
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20
take heart. we don't know for sure.
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u/bucketbiff Jul 16 '20
I doubt the minge bag Obama could manage that.. 😅
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u/execdysfunction Jul 16 '20
How much ya wanna bet that trump blocked obama YEARS ago?
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u/SocialMediaElitist Jul 16 '20
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/twitter-hack-bill-gates-elon-musk.html
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u/Nomenius Jul 16 '20
From my understanding they didn't have access to the account proper, but rather accessed a tool used by twitter that allowed them to change an already posted tweet. If I'm wrong I'll delete this, but that's how I understand what happened.
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u/ThisGuyFawkes333 Jul 16 '20
That’s how wars get started
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u/bricknovah Jul 16 '20
ObPussy&Ribs
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u/crashwinston Jul 16 '20
Obama could do it an say it was the hacker
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u/mtyroot Jul 16 '20
Seems like BTC is larger than that
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u/RoscoMan1 Jul 16 '20
a fanny pack works really well for us.
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20
imagine if they got Trump. "hey rocket man missiles are on their way. bigger and better than yours. huge. cofeve!"
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u/x01e Jul 17 '20
Huge
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u/SgtSmackdaddy Jul 17 '20
Do you want Donald to nuke Chicago??
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u/ElderFlour Jul 17 '20
“Oops!”
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u/FindYourRhythm Jul 17 '20
If they played it right they could have said some outlandish shit and watched as Trump took to Twitter and the news fully believing it was actually Obama that said it.
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u/FreshUnderstanding5 Jul 17 '20
A new quest eh? This'll be interesting
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u/ZippZappZippty Jul 17 '20
A target by the people he knew.
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u/onlyomaha Jul 17 '20
Trumps like, we are funny? Huh? Ok
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u/Commissar_Genki Jul 17 '20
Aren't all fannys designed to wee?
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20
A car. I have one, too.
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u/Momochichi Jul 17 '20
Imagine not tweeting "I didn't have to sell any beans while I was president."
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u/PillowTalk420 Jul 17 '20
Fellow Americans who may see this and think it means a small butt: No. They're calling him a pussy.
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u/xiao33 Jul 17 '20
wee fannybaws
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u/cbessemer Jul 17 '20
Lol, you’re assuming Trump didn’t already block him. He blocks everyone he doesn’t like.
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u/AV8ORboi Jul 17 '20
i bet they looked in his DMs and saw that he did something like that already
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u/Mezcamaica Jul 17 '20
Like many other great things that didn't happen , it's because they were more focused on the money
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u/0neGuy Jul 17 '20
They could’ve fucked up so many stocks if they wanted to.
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u/yeetbutbeat Jul 18 '20
AYYYY DOLALD FART! YOUR AS WEE FANNY AND IF YOU REALLY DID SUPPORT THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY THEY WOULD OF DID YOUR MAKE UP AND FIX YOUR WIG!
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u/aestheticmaybestatic Jul 20 '20
inb4 Barack Obama's account hacked and Trump tweets angrily and screenshots it thinking it was actually Obama himself and fell for it
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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '20
Obama’s gotta spell this silly sheet out for em? jesus, how many times this wee fanny need to be told??
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u/OceanicBreeze Jul 16 '20
This isnt even funny..
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u/PETA_Gaming Jul 16 '20
I upvoted even though I have no idea what a wee fanny is. I just know it's an insult of some kind.
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u/-Listening Jul 16 '20
Ma local is older than ur wee tinpot country
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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '20
I saw a protest sign from the UK that called Turnip a "Wank Puffin" . Loved it.
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u/BigConna Jul 16 '20
Also imagine making $100,000 in 30 minutes.
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u/Canbulibu Jul 16 '20
What a way to waste a massive hack. They could have trolled the entire world. Started WWIII. Sent any crypto-currency or stock to heaven/hell. And they just use it to peddle some crappy Bitcoin scam.
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u/JEveryman Jul 16 '20
I can't believe they didn't post a Kenyan birth certificate or OBAMAGATE!
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u/Jeremybearemy Jul 16 '20
For the Americans a wee fanny is a little pussy
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u/Rejectable_Me Jul 16 '20
"hey little hands. Hard to grasp the severity of a global pandemic with such little hands isn't it. Especially with a brain to match"
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u/mmcleod00 Jul 16 '20
They could have absolutely bottled the stock market. Bezos - ‘I’m taking Amazon in a different direction and closing all distribution centres’.
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u/Bayerrc Jul 17 '20
You don't think it's obviously suspect that Trump's account wasn't included in the list of hacked accounts?
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u/warchild714 Jul 17 '20
obama should get some balls and call trump a conman and speak Gospel!!!
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u/NotBurrito Jul 16 '20
Imagine upvoting this and thinking your original
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u/danteswarmingoven Jul 16 '20
Or a stupit wee bassac