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@LinusTech Twitter Account Hacked

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On June 28, 2016 the Linus Media Group domain registrar account was compromised.

 

The exact methodology of the "hack" won't be disclosed for obvious reasons, but I can assure you that despite any claims to the contrary, the appropriate safeguards were in place on our side, and as I type this Yvonne is having a very heated phone discussion with the 3rd party responsible for the breach.

 

Anyway, the thing most of you are probably wondering about right now is what this means for your forum account or personal information, and the answer is very simple:

 

NOTHING.

 

The "hacker" simply changed the DNS settings in the dashboard and did not at any time have access to the linustechtips.com server. Any claims of a database dump are categorically false.

 

The compromised accounts - including Twitter - have been restored.

 

I hope this clears things up.

 

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Welp, glad I use Safari's random password generator!

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They can peep into my account. It's worthless anyway lol.

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If you sign in to Linustechtips.com with facebook or twitter or steam your passwords should be safe, right?

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It would be nice if Twitter crackdown on these fuck heads who go around hacking people. They're just sitting there whilst huge companies get hacked. I wonder what will come from this.

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1 minute ago, thebestcameraman said:

If you sign in to Linustechtips.com with facebook or twitter or steam your passwords should be safe, right?

I believe so, since the authentication is done through Facebook, Twitter or Steam and your passwords for those sites are not exposed.

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Techtips888?

Must have pick #8 to represent $

Lol

 

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13 minutes ago, Daring said:

That isn't Linus' Twitter. It's @LinusTech.

 

I am not sure if it's safe to change our passwords yet, but they are actively trying to sell the forum database. Wait until we get word from @colonel_mortis before doing so.

 

12 minutes ago, Zolthan said:

Linus's official twitter is LinusTech

That twitter account is @linustech what are you on about ? 

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2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

 

Techtips888?

Must have pick #8 to represent $

Lol

 

"No. 8 has long been regarded as the luckiest number in Chinese culture. With pronunciation of 'Ba' in Chinese, no. 8 sounds similar to the word 'Fa', which means to make a fortune. It contains meanings of prosperity, success and high social status too, so all business men favor it very much."

What is techtips888 about?

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Futher information relating to this as well as the state of the forums database will be provided shortly. 

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1 minute ago, RZeroX said:

What is techtips888 about?

They say its his password

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1 minute ago, cesrai said:

 

That twitter account is @linustech what are you on about ? 

Look carefully. It ends with "Tips".

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1 minute ago, Daring said:

Look carefully. It ends with "Tips".

Look at the handler it's @Linustech it's his account 100%

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Here you go https://twitter.com/LinusTech or google @Linustech

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4 minutes ago, Daring said:

Look carefully. It ends with "Tips".

It's always been @linustech

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Something tells me that the lmg team is up late tonight...

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5 minutes ago, Windspeed36 said:

Futher information relating to this as well as the state of the forums database will be provided shortly. 

In what form?

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5 minutes ago, cesrai said:

Look at the handler it's @Linustech it's his account 100%

REAnLeu.png

 

Now, look man. I'm not willing to get into an argument over a Twitter account, so let's leave it at this, okay? Guy originally linked to @LinusTechTips rather than @LinusTech and that's the account that resolves to.

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1 minute ago, Zolthan said:

In what form?

I'm guessing a thread in the official forum news section

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8 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

They say its his password

If that was actually his password that is bad password practices.

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6 minutes ago, Daring said:

REAnLeu.png

 

Now, look man. I'm not willing to get into an argument over a Twitter account, so let's leave it at this, okay? Guy originally linked to @LinusTechTips rather than @LinusTech and that's the account that resolves to.

Now, look man. I'm not willing to get into an argument over a Twitter account, so let's leave it at this, okay?

Screen Shot 2016-06-29 at 4.00.09 AM.png

Please don't fabricate photos again.

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7 minutes ago, Daring said:

Now, look man. I'm not willing to get into an argument over a Twitter account, so let's leave it at this, okay? Guy originally linked to @LinusTechTips rather than @LinusTech and that's the account that resolves to.

Look at the YouTube description.

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5 minutes ago, cesrai said:

Now, look man. I'm not willing to get into an argument over a Twitter account, so let's leave it at this, okay?

PICTURE.jpg

Please don't fabricate photos again.

someone linked the fake account and he was responding to that person. you just didn't notice that.

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Plot twist : It's actually Linus trolling the world. But seriously, that sucks. 

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7 minutes ago, cesrai said:

Now, look man. I'm not willing to get into an argument over a Twitter account, so let's leave it at this, okay?

Screen Shot 2016-06-29 at 4.00.09 AM.png

Please don't fabricate photos again.

We're looking at completely different accounts then.

 

Here's the one I'm looking at (and was the one the guy I quoted linked to), if you're interested. Seems to be a troll account.

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