Technology @lemmy.world Pro @programming.dev 6d ago

Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers

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Hours after the US airstrike on Iranian territory, Iranian-backed hackers took down US President Donald Trump’s social media platform.

Users were struggling to access Truth Social in the early morning following the alleged hack.

As the US continues to insert itself into the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, the US government believes more cyberattacks could happen.

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Technology @programming.dev Pro @programming.dev 6d ago

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they have to start differentiating a ddos attack from an actual breach. one is far more interesting than the other
Unclear from the article but, while a bit pedantic, this sounds more like it was potentially a DDoS attack rather than a proper "hack".
I'm still at a loss for words thinking that any real human people joined truth social. We really failed as a species...
DDoS is not hacking
It feels weird to be in support of the goals of an Iranian hacker group.
And nothing of value was lost.
Iran pls hack Elon Musk's Twitter account and post "I'm a mean old Nazi who sucks ass at Path of Exile 2"
Do twitter next.
Might be smart for Iran to just attack trump’s businesses as retribution for the bombings; if they attack the military, we’ll surely get pulled into another war, but just going after trump’s businesses will probably avoid a military response and maybe will make republicans come around to the fact that he should have divested himself from his businesses when he became president.
Thankfully only DDos. Truth Social is Mastodon so a security flaw could have been a real problem.
Lol. Lmao, even
Iran is kinda goated for this not gonna lie!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
It seems like they just did us all a favor.
Small fries given the proved concept behind the colonial pipeline hack
A little part of me makes me happy that Truth Social isn't even recognizable by name. It's "US President Donald Trump’s social media platform"
Good, now leak all the spicy dms.
The best hacking. Everyone knows it. Everyone says it.
I bet it's the US.
They're already starting the 💀Iranian sleeper cell terrorists!!!!😱 scaremongering in the press.
These kinds of reports in the media are the first step in a known pattern of priming and nudging to rally up the public for another war.
I'll bet Donakd Trump is very upset!
Would this count as a retaliation, which Trump warned them against?
Andrew Tated
isitdown reports its been down for over five days, which is quite pleasant.

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