2012-02-17, 05:39 PM
Leaves Wrote:Going by that, I would assume that this sort of method would not be very widespread, as it would require a fair amount of technical knowledge to operate. Furthermore, like you said, it would be difficult to target a specific account, and far easier to simply hit random ones.
Since most of the account hackings (or at least the ones we hear about) seem to target big fish, I'd say this packet method isn't the main way people are being hacked.
Your logic is absolutely appalling.
Do you understand what a hacker is? Do you somehow not equate the concept of 'hacker' and 'require a fair amount of technical knowledge'? A real hacker is not an idiot.
As to targeting; Are you going to bother robbing every piddly account you hit, or are you going to rob the big ones, and who's going to complain? The guy who misplaced his maple dana or the one who lost 20 trillion? If it were truly "targeted" all the big ones would be hit at once, not spread out over days and weeks as we've seen.
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