Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador's Twitter account is hacked

A top US cyber diplomat said his Twitter account was compromised over the weekend. Nate Fick, the inaugural US ambassador at large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, on Saturday announced the hack of his personal account (not the government agency one) with - of course - a tweet.  "Perils of the job," he added, suggesting …

[Black Label1]

Meanwhile in a big South America country

CIA just lost a lot of influence in a certain country in South America, after a certain the shift of power in the Intel community.

One step closer to 7+ years of illegal surveillance, harassment, attempted killings, etc..

The sale of sensitive microchips to China, plus stronger partnerships with Russia / Iran is an inch closer to reality.

Things are Not All Quiet at all on the Western Front.

Dogs jokes shall end soon.

[ecofeco]

Embarassing?

I guess. But pretty sure they do not run Twitter.

Now, who does run Twitter these days? Ahhh..... I think I see the problem.

[Anonymous Coward]

Peril of the job?

The peril of the job is having a US ambassador who actually runs a Twitter account.

Sense of irony indeed ...

[amanfromMars 1]

Just asking for friends and frenemies, to clarify who is to blame

Is the UKGBNI's wannabe clone of Uncle Sam's State Department Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, HMG's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, or is the former a drone of the latter?

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Just... ...to clarify

Всё смешалось в доме Облонских...

one needs to recognise and spread up the knowledge, what is up on stake - state of the Money or money of the State

then follow the Rabbit

make sure its [ass] hat is white

[amanfromMars 1]

Re: Just... ...to clarify

Following that great rabbit has the likes of a Boris Johnson identified as something of a cad and totally unsuitable for any high public office, AC. Is that what you see and know? Is that why he’s gone all dark side and bellicose flatulent? Far too many now seeing the fraud behind the mask?

Anna’s brother and Dolly’s husband, Stiva Oblonsky, is a well-liked, social, merry aristocrat. Even though he has had an affair at the beginning of the novel, and even though his servants know that they should all be on Dolly’s side, they can’t help but still remain loyal to Oblonsky because of his joy in life and good humor. Even though Oblonsky himself knows he should feel guilty—he tries his hardest to feel guilty—he’s too constitutionally merry and loves life too much to become obsessively buried by consequences and anxiety. Oblonsky can smooth over nearly any awkward social situation. He lives for pleasure and spends beyond his means. Oblonsky does not have many moral scruples, but he’s not a bad person: he simply doesn’t seem to feel anything extremely deeply, content to live always on a sparkling surface. ..... https://www.litcharts.com/lit/anna-karenina/characters/prince-stepan-stiva-arkadyevich-oblonsky

The similarities make it quite difficult and varnigh impossible to disagree.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Just... ...to clarify

The Deep View and High Performance of the Brainstormer used in a quite academic manner blows away hats of any colo(u)r from any beast's head, amanfromMars. Rabbit is no exception...

...as well as Boris is, inspite of my rabbit habit to *try* to stay away from discussing foreign political persons, being myself inclined to talk on matters of the influencers mostly.

[amanfromMars 1]

My Bad, Easily Remedied Though and Simply Remembered to Not Forget

Quite so, AC, for what then is not achievable and ripe ready for revelation and employment and enjoyment in deployment.

To dally elsewhere, and especially so in the scourge of foreign political persons, has one marking time in an invariably unpleasant spot of ancient ill repute in the company of thugs and scoundrels and thus, as you say, best to be avoided whenever almighty overwhelming progress is that achieved for future times sharing.

To err is human though and the odd dalliance in the swamps of their despair and vast oceans of hubris has the paths to the sources of their most jealously zealously guarded secrets revealed for remote virtual terminal blockage.

[Claptrap314]

"Of late"?

Not if that wistleblower is to be believed at all.