• 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.
  • Mearuu
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    016 days ago

    In order to launch a meaningful DDoS there must be thousands of compromised machines to use. I would absolutely say compromising such a large amount of machines is hacking.

    • @KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world
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      116 days ago

      It’s absolutely hacking those computer, just not the site. I just don’t want to get overly excited for something that doesn’t have much meat to it.

    • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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      116 days ago

      A lot of DDOS attacks nowadays are from a DDOS for hire service.

      So there could be hacking done, or just a bitcoin transfer.