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Hacker Proclaims He'll Live-Stream an Attempt To Delete Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Page This Sunday (bloomberg.com)
An indie Taiwanese hacker has proclaimed he'll broadcast an attempt to wipe out Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page this Sunday -- live. From a report: Self-professed bug bounty-hunter Chang Chi-yuan, who ferrets out software flaws in return for cash, says he'll live-stream an endeavor to delete the billionaire's account at 6 p.m. local time from his own Facebook page. He didn't get into details or respond to an online query. "Broadcasting the deletion of FB founder Zuck's account," the lanky youngster, who turns 24 this year based on past interviews, told his 26,000-plus followers on Facebook this week. "Scheduled to go live." Cyber-enthusiasts from India to the U.S. routinely expose loopholes in corporate websites and software, earning small financial rewards. It's unusual however for so-called white-hat hackers to do so in real time. Chang, a minor celebrity at home who's gone on talk shows to discuss his exploits, was reportedly sued by a local bus operator after infiltrating their systems and buying a ticket for just NT$1 (3 cents). He's published a gamut of claims -- none of which could be independently verified -- including attacks on Apple and Tesla. And his Facebook account was listed among eight "special contributors" in Line's 2016 bug-hunters' hall of fame. Update: He has backpedalled on the claim.
He'll instantly be mocked and ridiculed by the rest of the community. Bold move Cotton.
lol
It is one thing if he managed the stunt, but this, smh.
I always put "World Record Attempts" in my twitch stream titles as a half-joke.
I'm not likely to ever set a world record, I am nowhere near that dedicated to video games, but you get way more views that way.
The article where the crook announces he's going to rob a bank to all his buddies on Facebook and the local police give him a thumbs up like before meeting him there.
Can't you trash the whole thing?
Effin amateurs...
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An indie Taiwanese hacker said he will not proceed with a plan to take down Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page and broadcast it live this Sunday.
Also, he's not a white-hat or the euphemistic "cyber-enthusiast" if he's doing this without Facebook's permission. He's just a criminal.
Click the article. It has been updated already by Bloomberg that the guy "cancelled" his live stream. Maybe he thought hacking a billionaire CEO's Facebook page live was a bad idea...
If he really want's to impress the IT community he should delete Zuckerberg himself.
then you're probably right. In both China & America you do not directly **** with the rich. And Zuck is loaded.
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Did Zuckerberg ask him to do this? Maybe he's sick of seeing cat videos. Will Zuckerberg next ask someone to delete his old AOL account?
Is he deleting Zuck's shadow profile too?
If he can do all that I may hire him to delete mine.
That's pretty much implied by calling yourself a "hacker".
These days (guaranteed s'kiddie) and in days of yore (call yourself a hacker == instant "poser" label), at that.
Will you please delete my facebook account too?
They locked me out but won't delete it.....
Rick B.
If not a publicity stunt by Facebook: Enjoy your V&, dude.
The realist in me tells me that he is probably getting some kind of ad revenue from the number of viewers or some such thing... and it doesn't matter if he succeeds or not, but how many people watch. It's just an extension of the number of clicks, or likes, or whatever. Being a product and making money by advertising is unfortunately a thing now.
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The skeptic in me suspects he will fail and has been paid in advance to fail by Facebook and that this is all a show to get him money and make Facebook look secure.
The skeptic in me suspects he will fail but he is not working in collaboration with facebook and his attempt will be sincere. However facebook has, or will, likely lock the account to prevent any deletion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/technology/facebook-hack-data-breach.html
I'd be more interested in seeing some 'hacker' delete Mark Zuckerberg's face.
It is Facebook. I don't think it will allow Zuckerberg to actually delete Zuckerberg's profile.
If the hacker succeeds I think he should sell his tool so Facebook users can delete their own profiles.
In fact I'm not a Facebook user but would like to be able to delete the profile they have on me.
Be more impressive if he erases all school debt for a country. THAT would be worth-while to watch... fairly certain in the grand scheme of life, deleting a FB page (even if its Zuckerburg's) will not cause anyone to lose any sleep lol.
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