[throwawayay02]

They were coopted for political interests over a decade ago, and so any organic interest moved on. Now they are used as boogyman, as a honey pot or as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys".

[rosndo]

Today it’s all about attention-seekers working to gather as many twitter followers as possible by pretending to be hackers.

> as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys".

If you consider Russian intelligence services to be the “good guys”, sure.

[itake]

do you have links about this? Didn't they have a couple social media handles on twitter and yt?

[rosndo]

No. This was never a thing.

A variety of grifters created fake “official” accounts like @youranonnews in order to enrich themselves.