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Shu's Twitter has been hacked (@yosp)
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names2hard4you
Member
Worst thing you all can do, if this is real, is give them attention. That's what they want, imagine of no one tweets at them or gives a crap about anything they say until Shu gets it sorted through Twitter or whatnot
Get_craycray
Banned
GAF isn't that stupid, is it?
jetsetnickradio
Member
Yes, it's illegal. And anybody with a PayPal account can generate links/buttons like those. It doesn't mean PayPal approves of, or even knows of, their services.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
"We're a security group that's holding your account hostage".
So tired of Internet trash like these people.
So tired of Internet trash like these people.
Sidewinder
Member
Man, the things I would do with Shu's account, like asking who wants a new Colony Wars or announcing WipEout HD Definitive Edition on PS4!!
Most likely dictionary attack and/or educated guesses.
Dead Man Typing
Member
Surely Twitter can see what is going on and contact Shu's previous email address / password to reset the account?
I mean it's harder to prove if the person is impersonating the account holder but this is blatant.
I mean it's harder to prove if the person is impersonating the account holder but this is blatant.
You just did the same thing
Audioboxer
Member
Oh boy if true, lol. All people that high in companies should be using randomly generated passwords (numbers, letters and special characters).
From that ourmine site
Also this has been going on for longer than I'd of thought
It's 12:24pm now in UK. Almost 3 hours and counting.
names2hard4you
Member
You just did the same thing
?? I did not tweet at them?
Well, I made a joke about it being Major Nelson, but you're close.
OccamsLightsaber
Regularly boosts GAF member count to cry about 'right wing gaf' - Voter #3923781
I'd like to think shu isn't stupid. He has entire Japanese writing system at his disposal but his password is susceptible to a dictionary attack?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yes, I think so.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Fucking gadflies these people.
any connected third-party application could be a problem too.
Yes, but this won't help if one of connected apps is hacked.
jetsetnickradio
Member
They do, I use it.
Some of these attacks have not been that simple.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlcAHkjbARs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DUUqRedAOM&ab_channel=boogie2988&user=boogie2988
Bits N Pieces
Member
Thats weird, I thought security groups would have loved Playstation. There's so much money to be made from them, lol.
JonnyDBrit
Member
Well, such testing groups do exist for both door locks and cyber security. The idea is that a company, to make sure that its safety measures are indeed up to snuff, will have such a group try to gain forcible access. If they fail or only succeed after a ludicrous amount of effort - ie, more than the average hacker would ever bother with - then its a pass. If they get in far too easily things need to be improved.
In this case though, Sony obviously did not ask for this group's services, so this leaning way closer to a protection racket.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Why tho? How the hell people be doing this? Why not donald dumbass trump
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
PlayStation exec not using 2-step on his Twitter account?
Lol
Lol
Get_craycray
Banned
How do you know they hacked his account like this? You could hack an account via an app that grants access to it.
Also, this group also hacked a lot of personnalities on Twitter and Vine, such as Jack Dorsey (co-founder and CEO of Twitter).
Youd be surprised how even 2-step verification can be bypassed by stealing a phone number
Thinking 2FA stops you from getting hacked.
Lol
Sammy Samusu
Member
Leak the DMs.
iceatcs
Junior Member
there is twitter's 2 step breakthrough. Check at 'Hell' forum, I don't want to quote some of their messages. But it seems not easy to get but still a breakthrough.
These hackers usually personate as the victim to get there sim cards from there phone provider.
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVEiitI2vg
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caVEiitI2vg
2-step authen. is just another wall which you could make obsolet.
I dont get hwy people saying stuff like this he does not used is account like that, he usually post link with news.
theindieboy
Member
I hate that people do this expecially to such a nice person like yosp, shame on you.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
If we didnt know it was hacked yall wouldve believed it
iceatcs
Junior Member
I think you are confused with Xbox people.
Xbox people will believe anything coming from Twitter only.
qualitydisc
Member
This is the Twitter equivalent of shouting "baba booey" into the mic before getting dragged off stage
If it was on the ps blog sure.
Easy as hell to troll people with that.
"You asked for it you got it!, you will now be able to change PSN names starting July 23rd: *link: fake link that leads nowhere on PSN site*"
You can double the effect of that troll tweet by quickly deleting it after 2 or 3 minutes to give the impression he wasn't meant to announce that yet.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Even if he has 2FA I doubt he would use Twitter DMs for really important stuff.
Hope he gets his account back soon.
Hope he gets his account back soon.