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Florida Teenager to Spend 3 Years in Prison for Twitter Hack That Affected Apple
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Doesn't make sense. It's the homeowner's fault for having such a weak front door lock.
Also, love the irony in your post of attempting to bash "lawless libertarian fantasies" (not what libertarianism is) all the while saying this guy shouldn't have anything done to him.
Well yeah, that's half of MR if you're talking just about Apple + the trolls who come here to say Google or MS is great. But some of the hacked accounts were politicians.
Then why could only he do it? I'm not saying it's ok to abuse a vulnerability to scam people, and he should still go to jail, but clearly the kid has something that others don't.
I get what you’re saying, but there are additional qualifications for employment than just a narrow skill no matter how good you are.
People aren’t cogs to put in and take out. Someone who has the ego and lack of foresight to do something like this really doesn’t bode well for their employability in my mind. I wouldn’t want them having access to my company or employees.
I totally think it’s overkill too, it could even have been dressed up as a series of prank calls and I wouldn’t know any better. Now, it’s totally annoying, scammer behavior which I totally hate with a passion, however it is a minor we are talking about... prison could totally make him a full fledged criminal depending on how it goes in there.
I don’t get the ratio of dislikes, as if it doesn’t happen when he is totally making a point here, a real one.
The closest one that comes to my mind it’s some Skylar Richardson (remembering it forever because of the actress Dennis Richardson), some 20yo ex cheerleader who got a positive pregnancy test and then soon after the birthtime was boasting that her flat belly was back and in shape and without her baby. The baby was found buried in her backyard. She basically got a handslap as punishment.
There was also a school driver/teacher that due to some reckless driving situation, several very young kids sadly died, also got hand slaps as punishment.
If you search for them, they will be appear. In comparing this Twitter scam thing feels totally overkill.
I remember that tweet. I almost fall for that, the only thing stopped me was that I did not have "real money" 😅
Boom. The crux. This is a Twitter hack not an Apple or Elon hack. Someone def was paid for the admin creds or it was a very well executed social engineering hack. These guys do deserve a medal and a job at a three-letter agency. Dorsey definitely fostered this culture. He even has $BTC on his Twitter so it's not a stretch that many regular users would believe such a tweet from Apple etc.
It's also Twitter's own fault for having verified accounts/blue badge. Twitter gets hacked so any tweet from an account with a blue badge looks legit right? Can't blame some non-tech savvy Joe for believing an Apple tweet.
Twitter can login to your account, read your private emails and censor you anytime they want. North America is no different than China. Facts.
Some of you are willing to throw the book at this 17 year old person, have any of you never experimented, tested or did anything questionable while growing up. It's part entering adulthood and hey maybe the person was curious and bored. Am I supporting the white-collar crime; no, but 3 years, oh dear. I would have supported a year in a military style camp and 3 years supervised computer/online privileges.
People forget that this 17 year old has no prior's or history of such attempts or crimes, at worst it demonstrates a lack of security within Twitter tbh.
Speaking of if one is savvy enough to buy, sell, trade and understand BitCoin chances are one would not be fooled by an obvious scam, even though BitCoin is questionable in nature but the technology driving it is excellent.
I am still waiting on the dozens of CEO and others involved in the subprime mortgage meltdown to be arrested and spend time in a military style camp.
People forget that this 17 year old has no prior's or history of such attempts or crimes, at worst it demonstrates a lack of security within Twitter tbh.
Speaking of if one is savvy enough to buy, sell, trade and understand BitCoin chances are one would not be fooled by an obvious scam, even though BitCoin is questionable in nature but the technology driving it is excellent.
I am still waiting on the dozens of CEO and others involved in the subprime mortgage meltdown to be arrested and spend time in a military style camp.
... if the GDPR is in effect, Twitter could be liable for 4% of its revenue due to insufficient technical and organizational measures to prevent this from happening.
I know, right? Wouldn't matter if it WAS from Apple's account. It's so obviously a scam, only the utterly STUPID would fall for it! Let the kid(s) who did this, spend some time behind bars, to teach them a lesson... and make the people who actually FELL for this scam, sit in the corner with a dunce cap on their head! 😆
I've been around the "Bitcoin block" since 2013. I've "fallen" for a few scams... profitted from a couple, and avoided the majority of them. Haven't lost THAT much money, but learned that, "If it sounds too good to be true... IT IS!" 😆Who in here fell for this?
The people who fell for this were all following Elon Musk. It was through his tweet that most lost their money. Cause no one would believe if Apple or Microsoft was giving money for free. But few Elon supporters thought he would.
Apple in 1997:
“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Apple in 2021: trying to get a scriptkiddy in jail with long life sentence.
How times and companies change.
If the action is to enrich the world and bring in social good, the it’s okay.
If the goal is to defraud and exploit, then it’s not.
He doesn’t necessarily have any cyber security skills - he just talked people into giving him access.
I am not trying to dat that it was right what hé did. I do think that the sentence is quite severe. He almost got lifelong imprisonment. He needs education and a second change.
Add to that what 3 years in prison will do to his mindset. He's going to be a cut-rate Bond villain hacking away at everything when he's released. PAYBACK!!!
My partner and I both got hired for one of the big tech companies, it's not as hard as you think. Literally all about who you know, my bachelor's degree and experience isn't even in the same field as to what I'm doing now.
For the same reason people fall for Ponzi schemes and any other investment scam.
Ask yourself, why would anyone have Bitcoins in the first place?
You should already have your answer.
Greed is a bad beast.