: derayderay (deray@thisisthemovement.org)
I was hacked today: my Twitter account, two email addresses, & my phone. It was not due to passwords, they hacked my phone account itself.
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At 10:31 am, someone called
@verizon impersonating me and successfully changed my SIM & unsuccessfully attempted to change my phone number.
By calling @verizon and successfully changing my phone's SIM, the hacker bypassed two-factor verification which I have on all accounts.
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Today I learned that it is rather easy for someone to call the provider & change your SIM. The hacker got the account verification texts.
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I'd realized that my phone had been hacked & separated from the actual phone number when the web only routed here:pic.twitter.com/zwYygVfbYy
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The staff from
@twitter were incredibly helpful once alerted and helped to both delete some of the hacked tweets and give me back access. -
Verizon recorded the call made this morning by the imposter and we are working with lawyers to get the recording. It's been a long day.
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No, I do not endorse Trump as the next President. He cannot be the President of the United States. He is racist & a bigot, unfit to lead.
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The hacker got access by changing my SIM which redirected texts, then resetting my passwords to trigger two-factor authentication. Intense.
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social engineering hacking, it's some crazy stuff
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I’d think they would also have needed to obtain your password to Twitter, etc.
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basically
@verizon have failed in security verification. However they now have some useful information they must give you. (more). -
what
@verizon have is security questions the person answered about you; & via network they have the location of the SIM activation. -
if
@verizon fail to provide this information to you they're assisting a criminal act of impersonation. Get that info it'll be useful.
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that's craaaazzzyyyy
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yeaah I knew it wasn't you after your account said you endorsed Trump
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yeah but like the fact that people can so easily take over your life with no warning is scary
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Which means he had to have your passwords, right?
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buy a Hushed lifetime vertual number for 25$..problem solved
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When you say change your phone's SIM, do you mean they moved your number to another phone that they had control of?
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your Tweet was quoted in a story by
@TechCrunchhttp://techcrunch.com/2016/06/10/how-activist-deray-mckessons-twitter-account-was-hacked/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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