alt Hacker NewsI've witnessed bots here on accounts that are years old with no history that start posting multiple times in a short timeframe suddenly after being dormant forever. Makes you wonder how they're getting these old accounts. It's not just new ones.
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mrguyorama • today at 1:44 AM
Account takeover is a thing that happens. I doubt HN has the best measures against credential stuffing.
Black market accounts. Some human made them years ago for a price, they are sat on by some black market / grey market guy and now he's selling the accounts for a profit.
Old accounts from multiple social media platforms has a $$$$$ value.