Possible rumour - Fox news targeted by 9 petabyte zip bomb.

[Lightning Count]

Let me preface by saying this story is just a rumour at this point.

This Twitter user had claimed responsibility by sending this to Fox News. That's a 9 Petabyte zip bomb allegedly.





Word is circulating fast on social media about this zip bomb, which if true could brick computers.

If you don't know what this is, it's a zip file with a deceptively large file size, which when when opened overwhelms an OS to the point of bricking the recipient's computer once the the Incredibly large true file size is unzipped from compression.

 

[Special Puppy]

inshallah it's real

 

[Aiqops]

You can compress it that much?

 

[SpottieO]

So this will brick one single computer at Fox?

I don't get the point I guess, I also don't get why this is framed as like breaking news or something.

 

[Mr Paptimus]

Jst because you email something doesn't mean they open it though.

 

[Volimar]

So they broke a computer?

 

[jwk94]

This sounds really dumb

 

[Grenchel]

So.... Nothing other than this tweet?

 

[Aiqops]

Just one computer? Yeah this is nothing news then.

 

[lori]

i'm sure they won't be able to afford replacing a computer

should've hit them with widespread ransomware

 

[Mesoian]

To be perfectly honest, if fox is so lax in their IT department that their computers would allow a zip file to opened from an untrusted source on their network, they deserve everything they get.

I mean they'd deserve it anyway, but I digress.

This feels very "teeheehee, we stuck it to the man" but the reality of this is will likely not be opened, or worst case scenario (Best case?), brick 1 laptop which will be replaced an hour later.

 

[Dr. Monkey]

rip some intern's laptop

 

[Lightning Count]

So.... Nothing other than this tweet?

Click to shrink...

I prefaced by saying it's just a rumour at this point. Until more sources can verify we will treat as that for now.

 

[ADS]

This is moronic. Zip bombs were a thing in the 90s.

Nowadays you get a big file on one computer, who cares.

 

[T002 Tyrant]

Breaking one computer that they can just restart is just underwhelming. I was expecting it to have the entire Fox News network down.

 

[xxracerxx]

What a dumb thing to do. I get wanting to shut down Fox News, but this does absolutely nothing.

 

[Dyle]

Always good to document yourself committing a crime

 

[Bizazedo]

I prefaced by saying it's just a rumour at this point. Until more sources can verify we will treat as that for now.

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Sure, but....one computer, who cares?

 

[CitizenVectron]

I prefaced by saying it's just a rumour at this point. Until more sources can verify we will treat as that for now.

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But a rumour of what? That a single link to a single email address was sent?

 

[Don Draper's Hat]

I once stuck my finger up at GB News when flicking through the telly.

 

[Jarrod38]

What a dumb thing to do. I get wanting to shut down Fox News, but this does absolutely nothing.

Click to shrink...

Yeah.

 

[Jesse_and_the_rippers]

Did you just admit to committing a zip bomb?

 

[KingM]

Dang bricked a a whole 5-year old Dell computer someone's assistance was using.

 

[Deleted member 4614]

But a rumour of what? That a single link to a single email address was sent?

Click to shrink...

I read this comment at the exact moment I comprehended how little is going on here and laughed out loud.

 

[elLOaSTy]

Would prefer a 9TB leak of incriminating content on fox news, this is lame

 

[Ketch]

This is so dumb. And the Twitter user desperately trying to take credit for it is also dumb.

"No really guys, it's true. I swear it! I was the one who made the fart noise with my mouth! It was me! Muhahshahaha!… what? You don't believe me?"

 

[inner-G]

Would prefer a 9TB leak of incriminating content on fox news, this is lame

Click to shrink...

.

 

[Lightning Count]

Did you just admit to committing a zip bomb?

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LMAO.

But yes if true that twitter user did incriminate themselves with the screenshot.

 

[Truly Gargantuan]

I prefaced by saying it's just a rumour at this point. Until more sources can verify we will treat as that for now.

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Bruh, your whole title is wrong. "fox news" instead of "one person who works at Fox news" . "Targeted" instead of "got emailed". And "possible rumor" (which...possible rumor? Is it a rumor or not?) Instead of "a single tweet says".

Lol.

 

[kubev]

Oh, weird. I was just Googling whether Zip disks could explode if burned the other day, and most of the results were about Zip bombs. That's the first time I'd even heard about this.

 

[J75]

Would prefer a 9TB leak of incriminating content on fox news, this is lame

Click to shrink...

I thought it was something like this at first.


I sleep.

 

[slider]

Did you just admit to committing a zip bomb?

Click to shrink...

Dude.

 

[mreddie]

It's not gonna effect their whole system, I wish.

 

[fade]

Not even a mail bomb.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

"Joke's on you. My WinRar is expired."

 

[VariantX]

No organization with would even feel this unless its populated by people who are completely computer illiterate

 

[Soapbox Killer]

Wait...9000 Terabytes of data? That is a number that is hard for me to fathom.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

You maybe possibly bricked a single computer at a billion dollar news network. Okay.

Send a virus or ransomware next time.

 

[skullmuffins]

yes fox is going to be totally destroyed by a rando emailing them a sketchy as hell looking link to a zip hosted by discord

 

[Tya]

Huge if true!

 

[Mr. President]

Send them the one where it calls you an idiot and the window starts moving around the screen next.

 

[kradical]

I posted some ASCII art of a penis in the Daily Mail comment section

 

[bsigg]

This has serious "hack the planet" vibes.

 

[Deleted member 4212]

Dang an intern might have to restart their computer

 

[Ryuelli]

Did you just admit to committing a zip bomb?

Click to shrink...

 

[B-Dubs]

This is deeply stupid. Like, fuck Fox News, but this is deeply stupid and this person should feel bad for being this lame.

 

[Random Painted Highway]

Big if true.

 

[BassForever]

Wake me up when they ransomware their whole system or replace their broadcast signal with pro lgbtq content. This is a massive nothing burger prank at best.

 

[Serif]

Gottem

 

[gabdeg]

Lol. Will Fox ever recover from this?