Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · edit-22 months agoElon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log inbeehaw.orgimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageElon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log inbeehaw.orgChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · edit-22 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-says-x-hit-by-massive-cyber-attack-as-users-unable-to-log-in-13325939
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHey, Anonymous: You should make the url redirect to Mastodon.
minus-squareAlice@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI’m dumb; can they do that? I thought DoS attacks could be done without hacking, but a url redirect would require hacking, right?
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf they can change the page to a message, then they probably have the access needed to redirect the URL.
minus-squareAlice@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOh nvm, I wasn’t aware they’d done that. The article only talks about the outage.
minus-squareelfpie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoLet me spin that for you so you see the problem. Mastodon, the social network backed by terrorists. By signing up, you put your name on a FBI watchlist as well.
minus-squarefracture [he/him] @beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago… can a brother get a source on this??
minus-squareelfpie@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt wasn’t true. I wasn’t even trying to deceive anyone, but the problem is that people will mostly believe without asking for sources if they don’t care. I put an edit above now.
minus-squarePatch@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoFair point. Redirect it to Blue Sky instead.
Hey, Anonymous: You should make the url redirect to Mastodon.
I’m dumb; can they do that? I thought DoS attacks could be done without hacking, but a url redirect would require hacking, right?
If they can change the page to a message, then they probably have the access needed to redirect the URL.
Oh nvm, I wasn’t aware they’d done that. The article only talks about the outage.
Let me spin that for you so you see the problem.
Mastodon, the social network backed by terrorists. By signing up, you put your name on a FBI watchlist as well.
Wait what??
My oopsie. Clarification above.
… can a brother get a source on this??
It wasn’t true. I wasn’t even trying to deceive anyone, but the problem is that people will mostly believe without asking for sources if they don’t care. I put an edit above now.
Fair point.
Redirect it to Blue Sky instead.