Hackers Break Into Ringo Starr's Twitter Account With Simple Password Reset
blottsie writes: Ringo Starr's account was compromised by a hacker operating under the username "af," who spoke to the Daily Dot about the breach. The hacker says he gained access to an email account associated with Doug Brasch, senior director of digital marketing at Universal Music Group, who managed Starr's Twitter account. He simply used an email password reset to gain access.
so the real hack was the email account not twitter?
When did the word "hacker" become synonymous with "being a douchebag with computers?" I missed this cultural shift somewhere.
I wonder how many celebrities don't even have access to (ostensibly) their own social media accounts?
Also, who cares about Ringo Starr in 2016?
#DeleteChrome
I occasionally run into people who don't believe they need to be very careful with their e-mail security, because "it's only e-mail, it's not like my bank account or anything". But given that virtually every other online account you create uses e-mail to manage password reset, it is your bank account. And everything else.
Use a good password on your e-mail account, and enable two-factor authentication. If your e-mail provider doesn't offer 2FA, or offers a form of it that's too inconvenient to use, get a better e-mail provider. #emailmatters
I've wondered why services don't allow you to do something like add a PGP public key, and all notifications from that site are sent encrypted to that key. If someone gets ahold of your reset email, well unless they have your private key and passphase, they're still out of luck. Furthermore, legit email notices could be signed by a known public key of the site.
OK, it was a bit rhetorical perhaps, as I know not many are familiar with PGP to use it. Outlook doesn't support it out of the box so that cuts out a lot of users right there. And even people technical enough to know what its doing don't always like it.
And I guess the problem then would be people saying "I forgot my PGP passphase, please help!". So maybe it wouldn't actually solve much and still be prone to social engineering. But still. In 2016 I would have thought we'd have a better handle on privacy and security.
move along then
No
...Slashdot is moderated by douches that work for a company that knows nothing about Slashdot's culture! God I wish someone would by Slashdot from Dice.
I've wondered why services don't allow you to do something like add a PGP public key, and all notifications from that site are sent encrypted to that key. If someone gets ahold of your reset email, well unless they have your private key and passphase, they're still out of luck. Furthermore, legit email notices could be signed by a known public key of the site.
OK, it was a bit rhetorical perhaps, as I know not many are familiar with PGP to use it. Outlook doesn't support it out of the box so that cuts out a lot of users right there. And even people technical enough to know what its doing don't always like it.
And I guess the problem then would be people saying "I forgot my PGP passphase, please help!". So maybe it wouldn't actually solve much and still be prone to social engineering. But still. In 2016 I would have thought we'd have a better handle on privacy and security.
Because that doesn't make sense from a business standpoint.
2-factor authentication to your phone works for most consumers. For higher-value accounts of celebrities, etc..., people should be able to pay to have password resets confirmed by fedex or by phone call to their IT department/agent/secretary.
.....Ob-la-di-ob-la-da?
Oh we're listening. Just not to the AC posting "who the fuck cares" when the majority of comments here are actual good discussion. No one's stopping you from spewing venom from your pulpit of anonymity though so keep on keepin on
Wah... How could it be happen?
Beatles are Z-List celebrities. Noted. And I was just saying bluntly you should move along if you're not interested. The majority of commenters here are.
Good talk. See ya out there
We hardly knew ye
it's not like a celebrity has any different security than normal people.
But it's still funny.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
“The questions asked were his birthday and name of his nephew, both easy to find with Facebook. I was surprised when I entered the answers and it actually succeeded first try.”
No I've been logged in all day. To declare your hopes dashed because of a story, or a few stories, that you don't think fit the ethos of the site is a little premature. We are working on it. It's only been a few weeks. Give us time.
That's not what I'm saying. I am just saying if someone voices their opinion with the subject line "who the fuck cares", I'm going to put less weight on that than someone who voices it thoughtfully. The OP in this thread was more thoughtful than some other commenters.
My intention is for it to equate to, as I've said multiple times, "we hear you and we are working on it.. Bear with us while we improve." I read criticism all day long, be it founded or unfounded. We hear you. We are working on improving. Rest assured I read every single comment. I just think energy might be better served with a productive discussion on the story, or discussing another story you actually like. Your gripes about editorial are well noted at this point and I am working with editors.
Submit them into the firehose and let them get voted up. The firehose is where you can give your vote on which story we should pick. We will also be incorporating stories that will auto post to the front page from the firehose when they reach a critical mass of popularity, including requirements such as a certain amount of votes from high karma users, users with old accounts, and other filters like an enhanced dupe checker. You have a low user ID and high karma so your votes will matter greatly. To answer your question of how many weeks we need, I am not sure. However if you think you're going to engender haste to enact your wishes, calling people on our staff worthless losers probably isn't your best bet.
I thought a "hacker" built stuff and a "cracker" broke stuff.
There has been an attempt to get that usage adopted, but it's failed.
Basically, the definition of "cracker" as "A poor and usually bigotted white person living in the south" is so well accepted in America that it hasn't been possible to graft a new definition on.
see: ubran dictionary or NPR
Sorry, I react poorly to people to whom I perceive have flipped me the bird verbally.
In the past, the firehose has been roundly ignored when it votes up inconvenient stories like the Albright "burn in hell" story. Thus, me and a lot of other people stopped using it a long time ago. Try renaming it to something other than 'firehose' and tell us that it'll auto-post no matter how damaging the topic matter is to the Democrats.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
We're not going to rename it but I'm telling you right now it will auto post anything that meets the vote requirements, no matter the topic. It will be live in the next week or two.
We're working on improving editorial as well as everything else. Sorry if I came off as abrasive but I read enough criticism in a day to last me a life time.
Would also like everyone's opinion here regarding videos on Slashdot: https://slashdot.org/poll/2973...
Well! I'll believe it when I see the first anti-SJW story or the first pro-Trump story. If you really believe in the users, that will show it. I get the feeling that the story will be shitcanned shortly after appearing though, either by your order or by some higher up Dice.com manager. Dice is pretty hard left and you don't see inconvenient truths unless they support their side of the story.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
And I react poorly to people that think that they alone represent the filter through which "News for Nerds" should pass. There's so many of you grognard assholes. Get the fuck over it. The new ownership does seem to care. They just don't have to specifically care about YOU.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
There's not going to be a pro-Trump story because that prick has no one's interests at heart than his own. If you're looking for "Fox News" style "fair and balanced" you can fuck right off to your fascist hacienda and die.
By your imaginary "news for nerds" filter, how would a pro-Trump story even be a thing here? You're a bit of a prat.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
We won't can the story based on its political leaning. Also you do realize Dice is no longer the owner of Slashdot right?
As well you should. I see so much noise from so-called "old timers" who think they're the end-all be-all of defining what /. should be. Like not reading an article that you can see from the title isn't to your taste is a fucking burden.
I can tell that you guys are trying. It's one reason I'm back after several years of not bothering to check this place at all.
As long as you guys can keep the shitposts down, I think we're good.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
Thanks for the support!
Oh, right. LOL. Have to learn the customs of the new boss. That's a demerit!
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
No you just have to learn the customs of a sane community. Raging at "the man" without a point of reference is seldom productive.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
Imaginary news for nerds filter? WTF? It is the founding statement of the website. It's why we're all here. By nerds, for nerds. I am seriously having a problem comprehending how you don't know this.
If you have a problem tolerating people who think differently from yourself, you fit all the criteria in this article. Here is a particularly damaging excerpt that describes you to a T:
It may come to the realization that America isn't the country for you and the people here are not what you want to be around. You would be far more comfortable in a country that shares your left-wing views. I would suggest Bolivia, Venezuela, or Cuba, but you may go where you like. Bon Voyage!
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Uh-oh, hope Pete Best has an alibi :-/
Can I use this "hack" to get my old, bot-stolen (because I obviously didn't care back then), twitter account back?