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87: Guild of the Grumpy Old Hackers

Darknet Diaries

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Using a Db Proxy to Log in to Twitter

Hackers used an open ch to d b proxy in new york to route their traffic through that. They had full access to real donald trump's twitter account if they wanted. The grumps could file comprehensive co ordinated disclosure with trump, and that would theoretically protect them from legal trouble.

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