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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

GTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room

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GTA 6 Hacker Found To Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room

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fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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International cybercrime, as portrayed by the movies and mass media, is a high-stakes game of shadowy government agencies and state-sponsored hacking groups. Hollywood casting will wheel out a char…
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    The fact he used a FireTV stick to hack Rockstar is pretty impressive lol

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      I’m guessing those things run Linux. So you would just need a shell.

      Though I’m guessing term of his house arrest didn’t allow him to have a keyboard. That part has me curious.

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        They run Android, so not really standard Linux, but yeah.

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          Install an Android app that lets you ssh into something, bingo bango, you have a full Linux terminal

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            It says he used cloud services so probably only needed a web browser

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            bingo bango

            what’s up with this phrase coming back into style?

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        The article or maybe the comments said he accessed a cloud based Linux service using the FireStick and went to work from there.

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        So either a remote control or voice control.

        Anyway, kid has too much time on his hands, lol.

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      Rock, fire, stick… there’s a theme

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          … what?

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