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Prolific hackers accused of being a front for Russian cyber-operation shares counter evidence with the BBC.

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[-] sab@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago

Oh up yours, with your clickbait title. A DDOS is not a hack.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To equate it to something everyone can understand:

A true hack would be like someone actually breaking into your house. Maybe they kicked the door in. Maybe they used the backdoor you left unlocked. Either way, they are in your house.

A DDOS is like a group of teenagers knocking on your doors and windows at 3am just to piss you off.

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Maybe the title is a ruse to finally grab that notorious 4 Chins Hacker.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago
[-] sab@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

I could, but I don't think they're going to edit your post. They're responsible for their headline, you are responsible for yours.

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Dude, the common practice is to use the exactly same title as the headline of the article.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

A lot of communities even have rules specifically saying you have to use the same title as the article, too.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Many of the news-related communities I’m in have rules saying the title must much the headline. I’m not about to go memorizing which community has which rules so I can edit headlines on some posts in some communities because the wording might trigger the occasional pedant.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tbf, that is the title of the article.

Edit: and honestly, an attack would be a form of hacking. Gaining unauthorized access is not the be-all end-all of hacking. Granted, I would admit this is likely meant to garner clicks, but I would also argue it's technically true.

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