Affiliate Hackers Jack Obama’s Twitter

Posted on January 5th, 2009 in Affiliate Marketing, Retards

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Looks like someone found a vulnerability in twitter that allowed people to break into anyone’s accounts earlier which led to the misuse of pretty much every high profile twitter account available (except nickycakes’).  The highest profile, of course, was Obama’s.

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The attacker cleverly (or so he thought) posted a link to a zip submit on Copeac.  Seriously…put yourself in the shoes of a semi-intelligent hacker who finds he can access the twitter account of the President Elect.  Why on earth would you do something like promote an affiliate offer to a US network which will inevitably give up your personal details the minute the Secret Service comes knockin’?  Pretty retarded.

You’d think that a scheme like this would generate quite a bit of income, but sadly, this was not the case.  According to a trusted source at Copeac, the revenue generated was “barely enough to cover a decent dinner for two.”

Stay classy Affiliate Marketing hackers.

Published by nickycakes

25 Responses to “Affiliate Hackers Jack Obama’s Twitter”

  1. Ruck Says:

    Gas prices are down, dont make much sense.

  2. Nick Throlson Says:

    Haha funny to see should of put up some Acai offers saying this is how Obama stays thin funny stuff great post!

  3. Jon Waraas Says:

    Was his account phished?

  4. Matt L Says:

    Or they were evil geniuses and put a competitors aff url in there to watch the secret service haul some poor guy off to secret courts and a gulag in Cuba. :)

  5. Brandon Says:

    He made like $150 off of it, needless to say it was an epic fail

  6. bubbles Says:

    http://digg.com/politics/Hackers_Take_Over_Obama_s_Twitter_Account

  7. jake Says:

    of course he was a copeac affiliate. his retarded AM probably told him to do it.

  8. IamJustinM Says:

    lol, Matt. Maybe! … but I doubt it. haha

    Go directly to jail do not pass go do not collect $200.

  9. Ad Hustler Says:

    Jesus, if your gonna hack the president elects anything, at least make sure your gonna bank off of the mischief.

  10. Jonathan @ Amped Media Says:

    Haha, that is totally crazy. I wonder if they now have access to other services Obama used. At least he tried not to incent the offer.

  11. madin Says:

    should’ve tried the obama grant offer that’s on a few networks

  12. Brad Says:

    Perhaps it’s a set up? This hacker may have put his biggest competitors affiliate tracking in the URL to set him up.

  13. Chris Says:

    hahahahaha classic

  14. Josh Todd Says:

    The moral of the story is: don’t be an idiot! I wonder if there were more successful attempts with Britney Spears’ account and the other high profilers that were hacked…

  15. Jeff Says:

    Go directly to jail do not pass go do not collect $200….. Literally.

  16. Off-White Hat Says:

    Yeah right. It didn’t get hacked. Obama is just trying to raise some cash. He spent a shitload on his campaign.

  17. Jonathan Volk Says:

    LOL @ Jeff’s comment.

  18. Scaping Data Says:

    LMAO!!!

    Fair play for the hack, idiot for “payload”!

    Dork HM

  19. Spades Says:

    the grant offer with his pic would have probably pulled in some serious dough — “FREE GRANTS FOR MY TWITTER FOLLOWERS!” rofl.

  20. ppc.bz Says:

    Ryan Eagle did it.

  21. Abdalla Says:

    well whatever he made, I guess its better than nothing :P

  22. sc Says:

    i wonder if he is underage, like 16 or something. thats retarded enough any older and retardation might actually been a good legal defense.

  23. Laurence Says:

    people will say a lot about a scam artist like this..but we all know there are a whole lot of affiliates who would have followed the same path if this dumb donky had made $150,000 pulling this crap Off…we all know this!

  24. Alexey Says:

    Haha, that is totally crazy

  25. Shreela Says:

    @ Josh Todd Says:

    “I wonder if there were more successful attempts with Britney Spears’ account and the other high profilers that were hacked…”

    “Hi Yall! Brit Brit here, just wanted to update you all on the size of my vagina. It’s about 4 feet wide with razor sharp teeth.”

    (I knew about it after reading it in one of my gossip feeds.)

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