• WBC's Twitter Account Hacked!!!
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Source: [url]http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/threatlevel_1217_wbccosmo/[/url] [quote] The 15-year-old hacker known as Cosmo the God was behind the takeover of a Westboro Baptist Church member’s Twitter feed, a source with direct knowledge of the attack confirmed to Wired on Monday. Cosmo gained access to the @DearShirley Twitter account via an e-mail account, and from there was able to leverage control of the Twitter feed itself, according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. As of this writing, the account remains up and operating, and seemingly beyond the control of its owner. Westboro Baptist Church is notorious for picketing funerals of American soldiers killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan. Last week the organization apparently announced its intention to protest at the funerals of the children killed at Sandy Hook, with spokewoman Shirley Lynn Phelps-Roper tweeting the following: “Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment.” The sentiment was echoed on Westboro Baptist Church’s website, which included the line “God sent the shooter to Newton, CT.” The announcement triggered astonished outrage from observers, and the hacker group Anonymous declared open season on the group, publishing contact information for many of its members, including Phelps-Roper. Phelps-Roper’s Twitter account @DearShirley was then taken over early Monday morning. Cosmo the God has been able to keep control of the account using a flaw in Twitter’s Zendesk system that allows an attacker to close an account support ticket before it’s acted on, according to the source, who demonstrated inside knowledge of the account takeover. Cosmo and his group UG Nazi took part in many of the highest-profile hacking incidents of 2012, including taking down websites for NASDAQ, CIA.gov, and UFC.com, redirecting 4Chan’s DNS to point to its own Twitter feed, and defeating CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince’s Google two-step authentication. The teen’s social-engineering techniques allowed him to gain access to user accounts at Amazon, PayPal and a slew of other companies. He was arrested in June, as part of a multi-state FBI sting and was recently sentenced to probation until his 21st birthday, during which time he is prohibited from using the internet without supervision and prior consent. The latest hack would seem to violate those terms. But it’s garnered Cosmo an unending stream of Twitter praise. “I love that @cosmothegod hacked @DearShirley!! I’m glad that there is one less hateful twitter account,” wrote one fan. “I think @cosmothegod deserves a medal for hacking @DearShirley and making everyone’s day,” another tweeted. Wired sought to reach Westboro Baptist Church for comment, but its phone line was consistently busy. [/quote] This is fucking awesome. WBC needs to go away.
Wow this teen is so edgy~
WBC crossed the line
So he got their twitter account. So the people in WBC get their infos revealed. So they get some subscription about "cat facts" or whatever. How will any of that stop them from doing what they do?
for fucks sake stop giving them attention
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;38871793]for fucks sake stop giving them attention[/QUOTE] no
[QUOTE=D3TBS;38871792]So he got their twitter account. So the people in WBC get their infos revealed. So they get some subscription about "cat facts" or whatever. How will any of that stop them from doing what they do?[/QUOTE] Pretty sure they will all have new assholes torn when they picket the CT shooting victim's funerals.
What goes around comes around
[QUOTE=D3TBS;38871792]So he got their twitter account. So the people in WBC get their infos revealed. So they get some subscription about "cat facts" or whatever. How will any of that stop them from doing what they do?[/QUOTE] People like you are so fucking annoying. "blah blah all they did was this but how does that really change anything??? they shouldn't do anything at all lol" What will stop them from doing what they want to do, really? Do you want to go beat one of them to the brink of death, just because "hurr it'd stop them!!"? No, of course not, unless you have anger issues or mental problems because that's kind of socially unacceptable. Doing this kind of thing puts a message out there, and that's good enough considering all it is is a kid getting the password to a twitter account.
How old is this article? Cosmo was trialed and banned from internet access for the next six years of his life like a month ago
[QUOTE=altern;38871905]How old is this article? Cosmo was trialed and banned from internet access for the next six years of his life like a month ago[/QUOTE] idk but it seems to be happening [IMG]http://puu.sh/1Caqh[/IMG] he's got a lot of support and this account has 7000+ followers he's advising everyone to sign a petition to recognize them as a hate group
[QUOTE=altern;38871905]How old is this article? Cosmo was trialed and banned from internet access for the next six years of his life like a month ago[/QUOTE] [quote]The teen’s social-engineering techniques allowed him to gain access to user accounts at Amazon, PayPal and a slew of other companies. He was arrested in June, as part of a multi-state FBI sting and was recently sentenced to probation until his 21st birthday, during which time he is prohibited from using the internet without supervision and prior consent. The latest hack would seem to violate those terms. But it’s garnered Cosmo an unending stream of Twitter praise. “I love that @cosmothegod hacked @DearShirley!! I’m glad that there is one less hateful twitter account,” wrote one fan. “I think @cosmothegod deserves a medal for hacking @DearShirley and making everyone’s day,” another tweeted. [/quote] I'm worried that he's going to get in a lot more trouble by doing this. Kinda hope that it was someone else in his group in control of the account, not him.
I thought I heard that they have already begun to bury some of the students of the school, as well as school being closed in the mean time? Either way, that cosmo kid seems to be a lot smarter than me if he can hack stuff like that. Although for a smart guy, it was pretty stupid of him to keep hacking while on probation. I mean, the goal is admirable, but it looks like it will screw him over in the long run.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;38871929]idk but it seems to be happening [IMG]http://puu.sh/1Caqh[/IMG] he's got a lot of support and this account has 7000+ followers he's advising everyone to sign a petition to recognize them as a hate group[/QUOTE] [URL="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legally-recognize-westboro-baptist-church-hate-group/DYf3pH2d?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl"]The petition[/URL] already has 155,000 signatures, or 520% more than it needs to get an official response. Edit: Now it's 217,000, or 770% more than necessary.
[QUOTE=Baboo00;38872028][URL="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legally-recognize-westboro-baptist-church-hate-group/DYf3pH2d?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl"]The petition[/URL] already has 155,000 signatures, or 520% more than it needs to get an official response.[/QUOTE] lets see if it can reach 1 million by the 13th
[QUOTE=Baboo00;38872028][URL="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/legally-recognize-westboro-baptist-church-hate-group/DYf3pH2d?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl"]The petition[/URL] already has 155,000 signatures, or 520% more than it needs to get an official response.[/QUOTE] Already signed and shared all over.
[QUOTE=Leintharien;38871948]I thought I heard that they have already begun to bury some of the students of the school, as well as school being closed in the mean time? Either way, that cosmo kid seems to be a lot smarter than me if he can hack stuff like that. Although for a smart guy, it was pretty stupid of him to keep hacking while on probation. I mean, the goal is admirable, but it looks like it will screw him over in the long run.[/QUOTE] Well its his only chance in life to do it, hes 15, they would probably let him off easy again like no jail, probably a shitload of community service or some shit.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;38872053]Well its his only chance in life to do it, hes 15, they would probably let him off easy again like no jail, probably a shitload of community service or some shit.[/QUOTE] Punishment for this is bullshit.
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;38871793]for fucks sake stop giving them attention[/QUOTE] I feel like if all of WBC's stuff got hacked they wouldn't have a way to tell people what they're doing, and therefore wouldn't do shit like protest funerals because they wouldn't get any attention from it. Or maybe I'm just dumb.
15 years old, and he already did something we've all wanted to do for the longest time? ...What have I been doing with my life?
This kid deserves something, I don't know what but he'll get it
[QUOTE=Native Hunter;38872369]This kid deserves something, I don't know what but he'll get it[/QUOTE] Apparently he was found responsible for hacking user accounts for personal information on Amazon and Paypal, so I wouldn't go praising him.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;38872419]Apparently he was found responsible for hacking user accounts Amazon and Paypal, so I wouldn't go praising him.[/QUOTE] Oh, well I stand corrected. Though, you do have to practice, I guess. As long as he wasn't stealing shit.
[QUOTE=Tark;38871898]People like you are so fucking annoying. "blah blah all they did was this but how does that really change anything??? they shouldn't do anything at all lol" What will stop them from doing what they want to do, really? Do you want to go beat one of them to the brink of death, just because "hurr it'd stop them!!"? No, of course not, unless you have anger issues or mental problems because that's kind of socially unacceptable. Doing this kind of thing puts a message out there, and that's good enough considering all it is is a kid getting the password to a twitter account.[/QUOTE] Maybe you should just stop assuming? I never said that they shouldnt do anything at all. That petition theyre running now is something that I dont see a problem with, but tell me what could potentially happen if we have their adresses? Wow, you phoned them and told them they were shit. I bet they dont hear that anywhere else! You sent them a dildo? Like that's gonna affect anything. If I could like, kill the guys or something with no consequences Id probably do it. But thats just me thinking, I dont act on every impulse, nor does a lot of sane people around here.
You know, the mainstream media actually did a pretty good job at ignoring the Westboro Baptist Church, but then Anonymous and that dumbass script kiddie fucked all that up. Yesterday, only ONE local CT news station reported the WBC's threat to picket. The only online sources covering the WBC was a few shitty Examiner.com "blogs" (more content farm than actual news site). Once Anonymous fucked their shit up, a lot of tech sites started reporting it, now even Huffington Post reported it. If they had just left the WBC alone, no one would give a fuck.
[IMG]http://speedcap.net/img/cca7754a73f3b6e154c42d53b9b39637/a047162f.png[/IMG] just saw this in a ticker from an Onion video
[QUOTE=Leintharien;38871948]I thought I heard that they have already begun to bury some of the students of the school, as well as school being closed in the mean time?[/QUOTE] Yeah I assume they're trying to be secretive about the dates and locations to throw off WBC. Then again the media is on a 24/7 reporting spree about the incident.
In other news, WBC's 50+ lawyers sue the hackers into super-bankruptcy Still though, WBC deserves worse than a simple hacking. The kind of hacking I have in mind? Involves [i]axes[/i]...
no see kid yer doin' it wrong you pretend you're this Phelps wacko for a while, make it seem like she got her shit back under control then when everyone forgets about the whole incident you declare in her name "alright I can't live this lie anymore, i'm really a lesbian and this is just all wrong"
WBC sites have been down too now for a while. thank the jester
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