mr lizard

It’s amusing watching these two countries both claiming to uphold the rule of law while they both break it and subject each other to a pillorying on the world stage. 

“App Store guidelines state that an app can't rely on streaming from the cloud”

Guess they’d better shut down Netflix, Prime, and Spotify then. After all, as Tim Cook swore under oath last week, Apple treats all developers equally with the same rules to ensure an equal playing field, right? 

Flat out denied by Apple, which is unusual as they normally just don’t bother to comment. 

GeorgeBMac said:

mr lizard said:

“sophisticated and extensive fraud”

Please. They used their own friggin’ identities to open bitcoin wallets. This fraud wasn’t sophisticated; Twitter’s controls were poor. 

Identity Theft is the fastest growing crime.

Arrest does not mean the person is guilty.   I find it unlikely that a high school student would have the right words to con an experienced professional out of their IDs & passwords and to maneuver themselves through Twitter's internal systems -- then post such an amateurish message to scam money.   It just sounds off.  It sounds like a setup. 

Is it possible?   Yes

Is it likely?   No

Personally, I think there is a LOT more behind this story -- particularly since Twitter had recently angered a certain political party by blocking their fake news and conspiracy theories.

Twitter’s “internal systems” (or ‘Customer Service Portal’ according to the DOJ) were probably not much more sophisticated than a Slack group or a Zendesk ticket. The real news here is that an employee was fooled into thinking the perpetrator was a colleague and that they should hand over credentials which then gave the perpetrator access. The other big deal is how the perpetrator got access to that ‘service portal’ in the first place. Vice reported having a source who confirmed the access was paid for. 

“sophisticated and extensive fraud”