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TikTok confirms CNN, other high-profile accounts hijacked via zero-day vulnerability
Beware of zero-click malware sliding into your DMs
Miscreants exploited a zero-day in TikTok to compromised the accounts of CNN and other big names. The app maker has confirmed there was a cyberattack, and that it has scrambled to secure accounts and prevent any further exploitation.
We can only imagine the chaos that could be caused by someone commandeering an account with countless followers and using it to spread scams, misinformation, and malware, and even hijacking fans' profiles and their friends in a worm-like fashion.
"Our security team is aware of a potential exploit targeting a number of high-profile accounts," TikTok spokesperson Alex Haurek told The Register today. "We have taken measures to stop this attack and prevent it from happening in the future. We're working directly with affected account owners to restore access, if needed."
While indicating CNN was indeed exploited, Haurek told us earlier accounts of Paris Hilton's account being compromised were "inaccurate." He declined to comment on reports of a Sony account takeover.
"Our security team was recently alerted to malicious actors targeting CNN's TikTok account," Haurek said. "We have been collaborating closely with CNN to restore account access and implement enhanced security measures to safeguard their account moving forward. We are dedicated to maintaining the integrity of the platform and will continue to monitor for any further inauthentic activity."
CNN and Sony did not immediately respond to The Register's request for comment. Haurek declined to answer The Register's additional questions, including about how exactly the exploit worked, how many accounts were compromised, who is thought to be responsible for the break-ins, and whether they are ongoing.
The attacker reportedly compromised selected high-profile accounts via TikTok's private chat system: It's said that the miscreant just had to send a specially crafted direct message to a victim, and that the mark just had to open it, at which point a vulnerability in TikTok's software would be exploited to gain access to or control over the target account. There was no need to open some link or download in this zero-click attack.
It's unclear if the exploit worked against the TikTok app on a specific platform or not, such as iOS or Android.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/05/tiktok_confirms_cnn_accounts_hijacked/
NYPD to Revoke Donald Trump’s Concealed Carry Permit Because of Felony Convictions
The NYPD is preparing to revoke Donald Trump’s concealed carry permit following the numerous felony convictions handed down by the jury last week.
CNN reported the permit was actually suspended on April 1, 2023, following Trump’s indictment on various charges. The NYPD will now move beyond mere suspension, revoking the permit altogether.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/06/05/nypd-to-revoke-donald-trumps-concealed-carry-permit-because-of-felony-convictions/
Fauci's cabal likely to destroy evidence crucial to social media censorship case, doctors warn
Document preservation letters sent to Fauci, Collins, scientists tied to gain-of-function research in light of advisor's comments on helping Fauci evade FOIA. Free speech lawyer "optimistic" about social media case based on NRA's recent victory.
ASupreme Court ruling against government pressure to avoid business with disfavored groups and a 15-month-long congressional inquiry into surreptitious federal influence on COVID-19 origin narratives could together shape one of the most awaited SCOTUS decisions of the term.
The 9-0 ruling last week reinstating the National Rifle Association's First Amendment lawsuit against New York's former financial services superintendent, for "encourag[ing]" regulated entities to stop providing NRA-endorsed insurance programs, adds more wrinkles to oral arguments in the social media censorship case by GOP states and squelched doctors against the feds.
The doctors' lawyers at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, which is seeking reinstatement of an injunction against federal pressure to censor purported misinformation, sent document preservation letters Monday based on emails that NCLA says suggest that federal officials "intentionally schemed" to evade Freedom of Information Act requests – evidence that could be pivotal to their case.
NCLA cites its November 2022 deposition by former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in light of recent revelations that his senior scientific adviser David Morens told outside scientists, in a discussion of "CoV research in China," that "Tony" was "too smart to let colleagues send him stuff that could cause trouble" if revealed by FOIA and that Morens can give him documents in person or Fauci's "private gmail."
The letters went to Fauci, Morens, former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak and scientists in communication with them on COVID origins. EcoHealth passed through NIAID funding for gain-of-function research, as NIH once publicly defined it, at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a suspected COVID source.
Just before hearing NRA v. Vullo, some Republican-nominated justices expressed skepticism that White House pressure on social media platforms to censor, without a more tangible threat of adverse action, violated the First Amendment in NCLA's case Murthy v. Missouri.
But the Vullo ruling "strongly reaffirms" the 1963 precedent Bantam Books, which blocked a "system of informal censorship" by a Rhode Island commission to intimidate distributors and retailers against carrying "objectionable" books, NCLA said.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/faucis-cabal-likely-destroy-evidence-crucial-social-media-censorship
I think if we kill all the pedophiles
there will be no governments left