top | item 30500704 (no title) throwawayay02 | 4 years ago They were coopted for political interests over a decade ago, and so any organic interest moved on. Now they are used as boogyman, as a honey pot or as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys". discuss order hn newest rosndo|4 years ago Today it’s all about attention-seekers working to gather as many twitter followers as possible by pretending to be hackers.> as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys".If you consider Russian intelligence services to be the “good guys”, sure. itake|4 years ago do you have links about this? Didn't they have a couple social media handles on twitter and yt? rosndo|4 years ago No. This was never a thing.A variety of grifters created fake “official” accounts like @youranonnews in order to enrich themselves.
rosndo|4 years ago Today it’s all about attention-seekers working to gather as many twitter followers as possible by pretending to be hackers.> as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys".If you consider Russian intelligence services to be the “good guys”, sure.
itake|4 years ago do you have links about this? Didn't they have a couple social media handles on twitter and yt? rosndo|4 years ago No. This was never a thing.A variety of grifters created fake “official” accounts like @youranonnews in order to enrich themselves.
rosndo|4 years ago No. This was never a thing.A variety of grifters created fake “official” accounts like @youranonnews in order to enrich themselves.
rosndo|4 years ago
> as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys".
If you consider Russian intelligence services to be the “good guys”, sure.
itake|4 years ago
rosndo|4 years ago
A variety of grifters created fake “official” accounts like @youranonnews in order to enrich themselves.