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Chris Remington @beehaw.org

2mo ago

Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in

https://news.sky.com/story/elon-musk-says-x-hit-by-massive-cyber-attack-as-users-unable-to-log-in-13325939

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He probably just didn't pay a bill and thinks that's an attack
- That would be so incredible funny :D
  Imagine not paying for your datacenter and the hoster putting something personal (rightfully so in this case) on your homepage.
- Nah, he wanted to move a server on his own, again.
  
  No time to unplug the cables, I have an axe
- the government will pay the bill for him
  
  Read: American taxpayers
- Or doesn't know what a VPN is.

Don't worry, I'm sure CISA can help!
Oh, they did what to CISA?
Oh no...

Hey, Anonymous: You should make the url redirect to Mastodon.
- 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.
  edit: I didn't make it clear that this would be the spin that would be possible to use against mastodon. It's not true, but it doesn't have to be to cause harm.
  
  Fair point.
  Redirect it to Blue Sky instead.
  
  ........ can a brother get a source on this??
  
  Wait what??
- 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.

somehow I doubt this was a cyber attack and his teams ineptitude is just using them as scapegoats

"In the Ukraine area"... Smells like code for "Russia" that Trump is going to use as additional rationale for abandoning Ukraine.

Historically Tesla's security is as bad as DOGE's. They got hacked a while back because they had an unsecured kubernetes control plane exposed to the internet. Apparently being owned by a [edit: seagull managing] drug addict isn't good for opsec.
EDIT: I incorrectly used a medical term to describe Elon's management style. Sorry everyone.
- Hey @anachronist@midwest.social, I realize you're not trying to be hurtful to anyone in this comment (except maybe Musk, but honestly fuck that guy) but including a common condition that many folks live with in a list of things that make Musk a bad manager likely is hurtful to those people, even if that's not your intention. If Elon does have ADHD, that's clearly not the problem since I suspect we all know tons of people with ADHD who are a) great at their jobs and b) not trying to dismantle the United States. In the future, please try to "Be(e) Nice".
- Hey hey hey do not associate adhd peeps with that thug, that’s offensive
  
  Yeah for sure. And regardless, I know some great security engineers who are ADHD.
- Move fast and break things tends to create broken systems.

It's back up and working fine:
- 😐

Oh no gee villagers, that just the worst by golly gosh.
- Not sure if this is a case of Bone Apple Tea or not, but the phrase is “Gee Willikers”

I honestly would love it so much if Anonymous saved the world from this shit. That's like teen dystopian drama level.
- Well anyone can be anonymous it’s about the idea not some kind of elite hermetic group, it’s all of us and only we (the people) can save ourselves from the authoritarians
  
  Yes. I know. 🙂

Hope these people covered their tracks, dont want the Trump's people going after you

He is going to say Ukraine did it and use this as an excuse to shut off starlink for Ukraine.

Heyyy, it's chanology style anonymous. Nice.

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