[interator7]

Why would the hackers gain this level of access, and do something that nets them so little money(relative to the amount they could have gained), when they can't even spend without having law enforcement outside their door?

[jordansmith]

You are assuming the kids doing this don’t think just getting 100k is a lot of money. They most likely originally got the backdoor solely to get original usernames and someone had the idea “we could phish bitcoin with this”. I doubt they went into it with a big plan

[jacobsenscott]

1. For the lulz 2. For a disgruntled twitter admin who thinks they won't get caught 100k is a good haul. If you steal 1MM dollars and you have a 80k/year job you're in trouble. 100k in btc cashed out over a year or two - less of a problem. 3. I can't think of how you could make more, at least not without putting yourself at huge risk. 4. Maybe these tweets were just to serve as proof you did something else we don't know about yet, and you are getting paid for that. 5. Maybe you are a Russian operative, and your job wasn't to make money, but to try and find dirt in the DMs of Trump's political opponents.

[coolspot]

Summer break in school.