上個(gè)月,一起推特賬號(hào)遭大規(guī)模襲擊的黑客事件震驚全球,一名17歲的少年被指控策劃了該事件。周三,針對(duì)該事件的首場(chǎng)法庭聽證會(huì)于線上舉行。然而,這場(chǎng)聽證會(huì)卻被惡作劇者打亂——他們發(fā)布各類藐視法庭、種族主義言論,有時(shí)還散布色情內(nèi)容,以至于會(huì)議不得不提前結(jié)束。
一名叫做格雷厄姆·伊萬·克拉克(Graham Ivan Clark)的黑客被指控策劃了上個(gè)月的推特大規(guī)模襲擊案件,入侵了奧巴馬、馬斯克等一眾世界政商名流的賬戶,進(jìn)行比特幣詐騙。他也因此面臨著72.5萬美元的罰款。克拉克的辯護(hù)律師則在努力為他爭(zhēng)取一些減免,并希望法庭能允許他恢復(fù)一部分訪問互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的權(quán)限。
這場(chǎng)聽證會(huì)以Zoom視頻會(huì)議形式進(jìn)行,進(jìn)入會(huì)議時(shí)不需要密碼。但就在會(huì)議開始還不到25分鐘,佛羅里達(dá)州的一名法官就不得不叫停了這場(chǎng)會(huì)議——幾名參與者在其中進(jìn)行了人們稱之為“Zoom炸彈”的惡作劇,他們大聲喧嘩,故意搗蛋,場(chǎng)面一度十分混亂。
最初,這些搗亂者在證詞陳述環(huán)節(jié)中切入了中東音樂片段,并在聊天區(qū)大講臟話、發(fā)表種族主義言論。不一會(huì)兒,又有人開啟了屏幕共享,在公屏上播放色情網(wǎng)站的不雅視頻。
這起惡作劇充分凸顯了“線上起訴線上犯罪”的難度。這起推特黑客襲擊事件的策劃者幾乎都是青少年。據(jù)稱,他們?nèi)肭至舜蠹s130個(gè)推特帳戶,不僅竊取了價(jià)值11.7萬美元的比特幣,還竊取了像“Vampire”這類原始的用戶名。
這起大規(guī)模的黑客襲擊案件震驚全球,也讓本次聽證會(huì)備受矚目。而這起線上會(huì)議又對(duì)公眾開放——任何人只要持有Zoom會(huì)議ID,就能參會(huì)——如此一來,一些心懷惡作劇的與會(huì)者混了進(jìn)來也就不足為奇了。他們?cè)缭跁?huì)議正式開始前就已蠢蠢欲動(dòng):在公開的騷動(dòng)之前,就有一個(gè)參與者的視頻窗口(本人未露面)顯示了一塊似乎已經(jīng)設(shè)置好的屏幕,準(zhǔn)備將比特幣發(fā)送給“Free Graham基金”——盡管目前尚不清楚該基金是否真實(shí)存在。在地址字段(即通常是用于加密貨幣交易的字母數(shù)字序列)中,該屏幕只顯示了一句話:“告訴我地址。”似乎是在進(jìn)行某種交易。
還有些參與者可能只是為了開玩笑而加入:一名叫做“ lil peep”的用戶就只是一直在聊天中發(fā)送“哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈”。
這些惡作劇者還給他們的設(shè)備起了各種各樣的名字——有虛構(gòu)的電影角色名,還有正在審理此案的佛羅里達(dá)法院中的另一名法官的名字。
在第一次會(huì)議被迫關(guān)閉后,法院試圖重新開始,同時(shí)不再對(duì)所有人開放,而是通過授權(quán)方式準(zhǔn)許相關(guān)官員和媒體進(jìn)入。但道高一尺,魔高一丈,這些惡作劇者也很快就規(guī)避了這些限制,繼續(xù)搗蛋:不久,音樂開始從假稱“ BBC”和“CNN”的賬號(hào)中傳出,還穿插了一些可能來自電影或電視的片段,大聲叫囂著諸如“你以為我在乎,小子?”之類的話。
不久,又有其他冒充CNN和Fox 新聞?lì)l道記者的帳戶開始了一連串的挑釁性發(fā)言,包括“艸……勞力士”等臟話——這可能來自該案中的另一名被告,即22歲的尼瑪·法茲利(Nima Fazeli),綽號(hào)“勞力士”,他曾在加利福尼亞州被指控協(xié)助和培訓(xùn)黑客從事違法犯罪活動(dòng)。
在遭遇這樣的事件后,審判長(zhǎng)宣布,將來在召開類似聽證會(huì)的時(shí)候,會(huì)在直到會(huì)議結(jié)束前都進(jìn)行密碼保護(hù)。
盡管會(huì)議被這些蓄意搗亂者無數(shù)次打斷,且他們搗亂的方式越來越蹬鼻子上臉,法官克里斯托弗·納什還是決定,雖然拒絕了克拉克減少罰金的要求,但他不再要求這名來自佛羅里達(dá)州坦帕市的少年證明,自己用于黑客入侵事件的資金并非來自犯罪活動(dòng)所得——而這原本是法庭最初的一項(xiàng)要求。
根據(jù)最新的法院文件,克拉克不僅因入侵推特和非法收購(gòu)比特幣面臨30項(xiàng)欺詐指控,他先前還曾是另一起有關(guān)加密貨幣盜竊案的調(diào)查對(duì)象——盡管在將100枚比特幣交給檢察官后,他并沒有收到相關(guān)指控。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
編譯:陳聰聰
上個(gè)月,一起推特賬號(hào)遭大規(guī)模襲擊的黑客事件震驚全球,一名17歲的少年被指控策劃了該事件。周三,針對(duì)該事件的首場(chǎng)法庭聽證會(huì)于線上舉行。然而,這場(chǎng)聽證會(huì)卻被惡作劇者打亂——他們發(fā)布各類藐視法庭、種族主義言論,有時(shí)還散布色情內(nèi)容,以至于會(huì)議不得不提前結(jié)束。
一名叫做格雷厄姆·伊萬·克拉克(Graham Ivan Clark)的黑客被指控策劃了上個(gè)月的推特大規(guī)模襲擊案件,入侵了奧巴馬、馬斯克等一眾世界政商名流的賬戶,進(jìn)行比特幣詐騙。他也因此面臨著72.5萬美元的罰款。克拉克的辯護(hù)律師則在努力為他爭(zhēng)取一些減免,并希望法庭能允許他恢復(fù)一部分訪問互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的權(quán)限。
這場(chǎng)聽證會(huì)以Zoom視頻會(huì)議形式進(jìn)行,進(jìn)入會(huì)議時(shí)不需要密碼。但就在會(huì)議開始還不到25分鐘,佛羅里達(dá)州的一名法官就不得不叫停了這場(chǎng)會(huì)議——幾名參與者在其中進(jìn)行了人們稱之為“Zoom炸彈”的惡作劇,他們大聲喧嘩,故意搗蛋,場(chǎng)面一度十分混亂。
最初,這些搗亂者在證詞陳述環(huán)節(jié)中切入了中東音樂片段,并在聊天區(qū)大講臟話、發(fā)表種族主義言論。不一會(huì)兒,又有人開啟了屏幕共享,在公屏上播放色情網(wǎng)站的不雅視頻。
這起惡作劇充分凸顯了“線上起訴線上犯罪”的難度。這起推特黑客襲擊事件的策劃者幾乎都是青少年。據(jù)稱,他們?nèi)肭至舜蠹s130個(gè)推特帳戶,不僅竊取了價(jià)值11.7萬美元的比特幣,還竊取了像“Vampire”這類原始的用戶名。
這起大規(guī)模的黑客襲擊案件震驚全球,也讓本次聽證會(huì)備受矚目。而這起線上會(huì)議又對(duì)公眾開放——任何人只要持有Zoom會(huì)議ID,就能參會(huì)——如此一來,一些心懷惡作劇的與會(huì)者混了進(jìn)來也就不足為奇了。他們?cè)缭跁?huì)議正式開始前就已蠢蠢欲動(dòng):在公開的騷動(dòng)之前,就有一個(gè)參與者的視頻窗口(本人未露面)顯示了一塊似乎已經(jīng)設(shè)置好的屏幕,準(zhǔn)備將比特幣發(fā)送給“Free Graham基金”——盡管目前尚不清楚該基金是否真實(shí)存在。在地址字段(即通常是用于加密貨幣交易的字母數(shù)字序列)中,該屏幕只顯示了一句話:“告訴我地址。”似乎是在進(jìn)行某種交易。
還有些參與者可能只是為了開玩笑而加入:一名叫做“ lil peep”的用戶就只是一直在聊天中發(fā)送“哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈”。
這些惡作劇者還給他們的設(shè)備起了各種各樣的名字——有虛構(gòu)的電影角色名,還有正在審理此案的佛羅里達(dá)法院中的另一名法官的名字。
在第一次會(huì)議被迫關(guān)閉后,法院試圖重新開始,同時(shí)不再對(duì)所有人開放,而是通過授權(quán)方式準(zhǔn)許相關(guān)官員和媒體進(jìn)入。但道高一尺,魔高一丈,這些惡作劇者也很快就規(guī)避了這些限制,繼續(xù)搗蛋:不久,音樂開始從假稱“ BBC”和“CNN”的賬號(hào)中傳出,還穿插了一些可能來自電影或電視的片段,大聲叫囂著諸如“你以為我在乎,小子?”之類的話。
不久,又有其他冒充CNN和Fox 新聞?lì)l道記者的帳戶開始了一連串的挑釁性發(fā)言,包括“艸……勞力士”等臟話——這可能來自該案中的另一名被告,即22歲的尼瑪·法茲利(Nima Fazeli),綽號(hào)“勞力士”,他曾在加利福尼亞州被指控協(xié)助和培訓(xùn)黑客從事違法犯罪活動(dòng)。
在遭遇這樣的事件后,審判長(zhǎng)宣布,將來在召開類似聽證會(huì)的時(shí)候,會(huì)在直到會(huì)議結(jié)束前都進(jìn)行密碼保護(hù)。
盡管會(huì)議被這些蓄意搗亂者無數(shù)次打斷,且他們搗亂的方式越來越蹬鼻子上臉,法官克里斯托弗·納什還是決定,雖然拒絕了克拉克減少罰金的要求,但他不再要求這名來自佛羅里達(dá)州坦帕市的少年證明,自己用于黑客入侵事件的資金并非來自犯罪活動(dòng)所得——而這原本是法庭最初的一項(xiàng)要求。
根據(jù)最新的法院文件,克拉克不僅因入侵推特和非法收購(gòu)比特幣面臨30項(xiàng)欺詐指控,他先前還曾是另一起有關(guān)加密貨幣盜竊案的調(diào)查對(duì)象——盡管在將100枚比特幣交給檢察官后,他并沒有收到相關(guān)指控。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
編譯:陳聰聰
The first court hearing for the 17-year-old alleged "mastermind" of last month's Twitter hack was cut short Wednesday after pranksters disrupted the virtual proceedings with profane, racist, and in one instance, pornographic, outbursts.
A defense lawyer for Graham Ivan Clark, who is accused of breaking into Twitter accounts of famous CEOs and politicians from Barack Obama to Elon Musk as part of a Bitcoin-stealing scheme, attempted to argue for a reduction in Clark's $725,000 bond, as well as a partial reinstatement of Clark's internet access.
But a Florida judge terminated the hearing, which was held as a Zoom video call and did not require a password, less than 25 minutes in after several participants loudly interrupted in what's known as Zoombombing.
At first, the trolls cut into the testimony with clips of Middle Eastern music and began messaging the chat with slang and racist epithets. Moments later, someone shared their screen to broadcast a graphic sexual video from the site Pornhub.
The incident highlights the difficulty in virtually prosecuting a crime committed virtually, allegedly by mostly teenage hackers, who seized access to some 130 Twitter accounts, to steal not only $117,000 worth of Bitcoin, but also "OG" usernames like @vampire.
It was perhaps not surprising, then, that the high-profile hearing, open to anyone with the publicly available Zoom meeting ID, also attracted some attendees with mischief in mind. Even before the loud disruptions, one participant's video stream, instead of his or her face, showed a screen apparently set up to send Bitcoin to a "Free Graham Fund," though it was unclear whether such a fund exists; in the address field, where an alphanumerical sequence would normally be for a cryptocurrency transaction, was just an offer: "Let me know the addy."
Other participants may have joined in just for laughs: One user going by the name "lil peep" chimed in on the chat with "LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL."
For their screen names, the pranksters also used names of fictional movie characters as well as the name of another judge at the same Florida court where the case is being tried.
After the first meeting was shut down, the court attempted to restart the call while selectively admitting authorized officials and media outlets, but the trolls quickly circumvented those restrictions as well: Soon, music began playing from accounts labeled "BBC News" and "CNN," interspersed with clips, possibly from movies or TV, spouting phrases such as, "You think I care, kid?"
Shortly after that, voices from other accounts appearing to impersonate journalists from CNN and Fox 5 News hurled a string of profanities, including the phrase "F--- Rolex." That could be a reference to one of the other defendants in the case, 22-year-old Nima Fazeli, also known as "Rolex," who was charged in California with aiding and abetting the hack.
The presiding Judge announced that future hearings will be password-protected before ending the call.
Despite numerous and escalating interruptions the Judge, Christopher Nash, reached a decision: Though he denied Clark's request for reduced bond, he won't require the Tampa teen to show that the source of the money used to post it did not come from criminal activity, as the court initially stipulated.
While Clark faces 30 counts of fraud charges for the Twitter hack and unlawful acquisition of Bitcoin, he was previously the target of another investigation into a cryptocurrency theft, though no charges were filed after he turned 100 Bitcoins over to prosecutors, according to new court documents.