Quote :

"The hacker, who goes by the handle GMZ, told Threat Level on Tuesday he gained entry to Twitter's administrative control panel by pointing an automated password-guesser at a popular user's account. The user turned out to be a member of Twitter's support staff, who'd chosen the weak password "happiness." Cracking the site was easy, because Twitter allowed an unlimited number of rapid-fire log-in attempts. "

Quote :

"GMZ, who said he's been hacking for about three years and is currently studying game development, said he conducted the dictionary attack using a script he wrote and used last November to break into the YouTube account of teen queen Miley Cyrus."

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/professed-twitt.html

1/7/2009 5:26:32 PM

what the FUCK is hilarious about any of that?

1/7/2009 5:29:33 PM

srsly?

1/7/2009 5:29:56 PM

yeah. srsly.

1/7/2009 5:32:55 PM

Why would you want to hack a Twitter account anyways?

1/7/2009 5:33:31 PM

I first thought Twitter was a person. It would have been more hilarious if the guy had done something, you know, like, FUNNY. Instead he just broke in, lol'd a bit, and then left. That equals NOT FUNNY.

1/7/2009 5:34:44 PM

well, other than tweeting that bill o'reilly "is gay", the dude getting in using the password "happiness", twitter allowing unlimited password retries, and the same guy breakin into Miley Cyrus's youtube account nothing I guess.

in case it's not clear, it wasn't one random acount that was broken into. he gotten into an admin account and had access to anybody's account (which he gave away) including the president elect, britney spears, and o'reilly

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:36 PM. Reason : .]

1/7/2009 5:35:00 PM

i dont get it

1/7/2009 5:35:27 PM

not really that funny - just lax security and a dictionary password

1/7/2009 5:38:04 PM

Nobody gives a shit, it's just Twitter

This isn't funny at all

much less "hilarious"

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:38 PM. Reason : ]

1/7/2009 5:38:26 PM

and by hilarious you mean extraordinarily ordinary, right?

1/7/2009 5:38:35 PM

you guys are no fun at all. I'm going to go cry now.

1/7/2009 5:39:23 PM

I laffed.


terpball is just being his debbie downer self.

1/7/2009 5:40:02 PM

don't get me wrong. i find the hack very interesting and am glad the guy told the story. i just don't think it's hilarious

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM. Reason : i mean shit, this stuff happens all the time. how do you think i became a mod]

1/7/2009 5:40:36 PM

maybe I thought tdub would appreciate a random miley cyrus reference

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:41 PM. Reason : hahahah. wot? ^do tell...]

1/7/2009 5:41:28 PM

I'll ask your associate!

1/7/2009 5:41:46 PM

Quote :

"Twitter allowed an unlimited number of rapid-fire log-in attempts."

this kind of amused me

1/7/2009 5:44:02 PM

message_topic.aspx?topic=465560

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM. Reason : ^ it would]

1/7/2009 5:44:04 PM

The funniest part to me is that the site actually says not to use a dictionary word when creating a password.

BTW, I bet qntmfred is still using the same 3 letter password he got when he first registered, amirite?

1/7/2009 5:45:03 PM

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1/7/2009 5:45:29 PM

^^ ngaplz i use a four character password

1/7/2009 5:48:01 PM

once, I entertained the idea of writing something that would just try 3 letters since it'd be really fast and get most people that never change their original password. but after all I'm a reformed man now. I wondered how the hell I missed that thread anyway

1/7/2009 5:48:20 PM

and we thank you for your service

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:50 PM. Reason : to be clear, i was just kidding about the mod thing btw. i actually blackmailed jake]

1/7/2009 5:48:53 PM

^^according to some brilliant wolfweb detectives, I too once wrote a script to do that

I didn't, actually, but that's another story altogether

[Edited on January 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM. Reason : ^]

1/7/2009 5:52:16 PM

give me html or give me death !!

1/7/2009 5:54:51 PM

1/7/2009 5:55:54 PM

^ LOL, i'd never seen that.

1/7/2009 5:59:44 PM

oh? well then I'll show you this one as well

1/7/2009 6:02:35 PM

clever girl...

1/7/2009 6:06:37 PM

HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUNNY!
NOTHING IS FUNNIER THAN COMPUTER NERDS, TWITTER, OR LOGIN ATTEMPTS!

I JUST SHAT MYSELF!

1/7/2009 6:10:48 PM

tww



too srs to laff since twenty oh nine

1/7/2009 6:12:46 PM

this is only "hilarious" if you're some mouth-breather from 4chan

1/7/2009 6:13:19 PM