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Independent investigative journalist. Author of 'Spam Nation,' a NYT bestseller. Former Washington Post reporter. Mastodon: infosec.exchange/@briankrebs

krebsonsecurity @ gmail.comkrebsonsecurity.comJoined March 2009

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Dec 19, 2022

FYI, the only reason I'm still here is to to make fun of the new CEO and his $44B dumpster fire. Anything serious I have to say will be said over on that other site (rhymes with John Mastodon). But please, keep the replies coming!

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I haven't seen my non-tech friends talk about this much, so let me break this down a bit: do you like severe weather alerts? Animal every hour or hydration reminder or other fun bots? Do you log into anything with your Twitter account? You won't be able to do that anymore.

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Twitter Dev

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Feb 2

Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead

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Another epic Tesla autopilot moment where the car nearly kills a man standing by his car that has hazards on. These cars are a hazard to public safety.

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In case anyone was wondering, this is what happened to Tesla's stock today (in Europe… US markets are closed today, and the stock is expected to crash on open) $TSLA

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BREAKING: Tesla misses 2022 delivery targets by a whopping 20% – institutional investors concerned, as brand perception continues to plummet. Tesla sales in 2023 could DECREASE for first time ever $TSLA

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Comes Up Short of 2022 Delivery Target as Growth Slows

Elon Musk’s electric-car maker didn’t meet its initial goal of increasing annual deliveries by 50% or more last year.

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Now Elon has tanked Tesla stock to just above $100 and alienated much of his core Twitter user base, it’s clear that the emperor has no clothes. How could this happen? Billionaire meritocracy is a lie, tied to what I call the Myth of the “Secret Genius.” open.substack.com/pub/brianklaas

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This made my day: Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos. A 2008 court case had been suspended because Brazilian law enforcement officials could not find Mr. Santos.

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Brazilian Authorities Will Revive Fraud Case Against George Santos

A 2008 court case had been suspended because Brazilian law enforcement officials could not find Mr. Santos.

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Wrapped up 6+ years at Twitter today. Super appreciative of all the great folks I got to work with and the projects we accomplished. Here's to passing the torch to the next crew. Keep the watch!

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@Stennett4Senate 2024 (D) TX

@Stennett4Senate

Dec 31, 2022

Replying to

@IAPonomarenko

Here is the English dubbed version.

youtube.com

New Year greetings of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy

2022 struck our hearts. We cried out all the tears. All the prayers were yelled. 311 days. We have something to say about every minute. But most words are su...

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briankrebs

@briankrebs

Dec 27, 2022

Turned off protected mode for a bit. Let the firehose commence.

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Hey

, since you don't seem to have much a media/comms team anymore, can you address the apparently legitimate claim that someone scraped & is now selling data on hundreds of millions of Twitter accounts? Maybe it didn't happen on your watch, but you owe Twitter a reply.

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Just enjoyed several glorious days when I didn't even think about Twitter. Wandered back just now to see what's new, and yep about what I expected.

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^^^ Seriously though, because literally while

@PiersMorgan

's account was posting racial slurs and direct messages, Elon Musk was sitting around posting Batman bullshit.

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This article could easily be updated to reflect the current reason a lot of people here (particularly journalists) have their accounts locked: It slows the firehose of bot replies from gajillions of accounts that don't follow you. It's probably also come to mean FU to Twitter.

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Pacific Tech Support

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Dec 24, 2022

Replying to @botoxjobs and @briankrebs

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Elon Musk is growing a social network. Just not the one he wants. Mastadon user growth chart: nbcnews.com/data-graphics/

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Tesla has just been informed by the NHTSA that our cars pose an “imminent threat” to all drivers & are demanding an immediate recall of all vehicles w auto pilot. We are going to fight this to the end, but I’m being forced to announce the immediate recall of our entire fleet. 1/2

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Listening to this Twitter Spaces where Elon is talking about the tech stack and it's clear that no one has been in a position to actually ask him a follow up question in years. He thinks he knows everything and simply will not abide someone contradicting that notion.

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Konstantinos Komaitis- kkomaitis@techpolicy.social

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Dec 22, 2022

Everything Mike says. This is it folks - there is a chance, I fear might be one of the last remaining ones, to move away from concentration and centralisation.

@mmasnick

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Why Would Anyone Use Another Centralized Social Media Service After This?

So, it’s been quite a year for legacy, centralized social media — and all without any really big change to the laws that govern it (yet — the EU’s are coming into force shortly, but pos…

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off - You're still here? It's Over. Go Home. Go.

You're still here?It's over.Go home.Go.

Hey

, by your own rules proclaimed ~48hrs ago, don't you need a poll to propose policy changes to how polls are done?

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CNN

@CNN

Dec 20, 2022

After Twitter users voted to oust Elon Musk as CEO, he has remained silent. Now, he appears to think the problem isn’t him, but who gets to vote in the polls. cnn.it/3WzjfRO

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Trump demands to be reinstated as president immediately based on evidence released on twitter by Elon Musk.

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Why are trump Elon and Putin all trying to convince you American law enforcement and the US government are out to get you? Putin is a sworn enemy. Musk is an oligarch. And trump wants you to believe a secret global conspiracy is just trying to make him seem like a lifelong fraud

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Dear

I would like to report

@Telsa

for this clear violation of Twitter rules. These rules are very important and made by you, our benevolent leader. I trust you will be suspending this account shortly. All the best. -- Judd

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Nathan Mackenzie Brown

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Dec 20, 2022

Elon Musk is now saying that only Twitter blue subscribers should be able to vote on polls affecting Twitter policies. He promised us free speech, but he is giving us poll taxes.

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Police say ⁦⁦

’s own security detail sparked the incident that Musk later used to ban the posting of FAA data and then ban a slew of reporters who referenced FAA data. All the turmoil at twitter had nothing to do with twitter, it appears

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Police provide first official details of Elon Musk’s alleged stalker incident

Police say a member of Elon Musk’s security team is currently a suspect in their investigation, not a victim

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Elon Musk plans to restrict policy polls to paying Twitter Blue users. The billionaire’s announcement came on the same day that users voted decisively in a poll for him to step down as chief executive of the social media platform reut.rs/3hISn2T

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California police say a member of Elon Musk's security team is a "suspect" in an investigation following Musk's claim about an alleged stalker.

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California police say member of Elon Musk's security team is a suspect following stalker claim

An incident near a Los Angeles-area highway last week became a flashpoint for a debate about the sharing of personal information on the Musk-owned Twitter.

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It's so weird that the macroeconomic environment has impacted Tesla (-41%) and not Ford (+1%) or GM (+8%) over the past six months. It's almost as if something else happened in mid-October.

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Replying to @elonmusk and @GerberKawasaki

In simple terms: As bank savings account interest rates, which are guaranteed, start to approach stock market returns, which are *not* guaranteed, people will increasingly move their money out of stocks into cash, thus causing stocks to drop.

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Hey

my father

, who’s Putin’s number one Western enemy, has been blocked on all devices from Twitter. Twitter saved his life in 2018 when he was arrested in Madrid. Can you please unblock him?

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UPDATE: Musk said he would abide by the results of a poll about whether he should step down as Twitter CEO A large majority voted for Musk to step down. Now Musk is suggesting the poll was rigged by "deep state bots."

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The deep state bots must be voting on Tesla's stock price, too.

TSLA down a other $8 and 5.4% to just under $142.

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Musk now claiming his OWN POLL, run on a platform that HE OWNS, was rigged against him. Beyond parody.

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What happens when you lay off your entire accessibility team? You launch a set of icons that cannot be distinguished by the color blind.

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Twitter Support

@TwitterSupport

Dec 19, 2022

Starting today, you’ll start seeing additional icons that provide context for accounts on Twitter. In addition to blue and gold checks, you’ll see grey checks for government and multilateral accounts and square affiliation badges for select businesses.

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