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Aussie Student Responsible For Twitter Exploit

Posted by samzenpus on from the little-troublemaker dept.

bennyboy64 writes "An Australian teen has caused havoc on Twitter by discovering an exploit that hit thousands of users, including Barack Obama's press secretary, and resulted in the tweets of a former British PM's wife linking to hardcore porn, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Pearce Delphin, who is studying his last year at high school, said that he was surprised that 'so many famous people got infected.'"

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  1. Who caused it? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 0, Troll

    The guy who discovered the exploit, or the coding process which allowed it?

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    1. Re:Who caused it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Your use of that meme was so lame, I am now going to go kick a puppy.

      You are not funny, witty or insightful. You are not cool, a nerd, or a socialite.

      You are a fucking tool.

      Also, I just finished tongue punching your mom's fart box because your dad is a limp dicked loser. I also hear that condition is hereditary. Please remove yourself from the gene pool to preserve humanity.

  2. porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The problem with porn is that Americans do not like seeing naked dick on their screen.  It goes against what the country was founded on... Christianity.  In fact, Jesus was caught carpet munching Mary in the corner of the Cave as Judas walked in.  Judas betrayed Jesus by eating his load instead of Mary.

  3. Re:What I liked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or would you prefer that unknown criminals were the ones exploiting it fraudulently?

    As long as it only affects Twitter Twats, yes I would.