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Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackers (htxt.co.za)
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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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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 79 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

DDoS is not hacking

[–] theherk@lemmy.world -2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Can be a component of it.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Mailing someone more letters than they're capable of replying to is not equivalent to, nor a component of, gaining access to the inside of their home.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago

Disabling network security and edge devices to change the properties of ingress can absolutely be a component of an attack plan.

Just like overwhelming a postal sorting center could prevent a parcel containing updated documentation from reaching the receiver needing that information.

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, I know JK Rowling sucks, and it's been a long time since the first Harry Potter movie came out, but it was definitely a component and precursor to Hagrid beating the shit out of that door.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

To be fair, they had moved to an unsecure location that was a much softer target by that point. Can a DDOS force someone to move their services over to the equivalent of a century old, weather-beaten lighthouse in the middle of England?