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Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers (htxt.co.za)
submitted 1 day ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 254 points 1 day ago (3 children)

image

[–] cole@lemdro.id 18 points 17 hours ago

source: https://xkcd.com/932/

(for those that want to read the alt-text)

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 40 points 21 hours ago

I mean it does depend on the extent of the hack. But usually taking down the website, they don't take the databases or anything

[–] freeman@feddit.org 15 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Hacking a Social Media profile --> Tearing down a poster

Hacking a Website --> defacing a facade

If the blinds arent closed by or a window is left open by accident, some information could get out. If the doors arent locked, the attacker could get access to further information.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 18 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They didn't hack anything. Just your plain old DDoS attack which took the service offline for a while, nothing was (at least based on what I read) actually hacked (or cracked as old-school folks like me would like it to be called) or stolen.