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Joe Tidy BBC News

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Joe Tidy BBC News

@joetidy

Cyber Correspondent at BBC News. Not posting here much. Find me on bsky.app/profile/joetid…

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Born June 1

Joined September 2008

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Joe Tidy BBC News
@joetidy
Nov 21, 2024
Partly because of this story and many others like it, I'm not going to post much on Twitter anymore. I'll be on Bluesky and Threads. Still on here for DMs etc.
Joe Tidy BBC News
@joetidy
Nov 21, 2024
In case you needed any reminding of how much Twitter's 'verification' system has changed, see this from Fahima Abdulrahman and myself: bbc.com/arabic/article…
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Apr 24, 2024
I’m on a flight in US and an old lady has caused confusion, hilarity and then amazement as the crew expected her to be an infant. She is actually 101 and the computer can’t handle an age that high so just put her down as a 1 year old on the manifest. She laughed it off. Legend.
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Apr 25, 2024
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This lovely old lady is like a walking Millennium Bug just casing havoc where she goes with her computer-befuddling age. What a hero.
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Apr 24, 2024
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It gets better! Her daughter tells me this is the second time a computer has failed to believe her mum’s 1922 date of birth. Earlier on their connecting flight the crew didn’t come and help them off the plane with a wheelchair as the records showed she would be a babe in arms 🙃
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Sep 11, 2020
Congratulations to the two lads who sneakily ruined my best piece to camera from a recent filming assignment in Germany. Honestly I’m not even mad, this is inspired. Didn’t even spot it until in the edit. 👏 👏 👏 😂
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Joe Tidy BBC News
@joetidy
Mar 20, 2022
NEW: Anonymous: How hackers are trying to undermine Putin. I spoke directly to 5 of the main Anon groups about their ‘cyber war’ on Putin and why they are escalating their attacks in the coming days.
Anonymous: How hackers are trying to undermine Putin
From bbc.co.uk
Joe Tidy BBC News
@joetidy
Jun 25, 2024
It's incredible that AI systems built largely by young men are getting really good at drawing beautiful women. But struggling with basics like fire safety.
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Aug 27, 2017
Well that was predictable... #reporting #carnival2017 IT'S NOT EVEN 9AM!!!!
Joe Tidy BBC News
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Mar 20, 2022
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This video shows probably the most eye-catching thing Anonymous has done so far - a 'broadcast signal intrusion' on Russian TV. Almost all channels were made to play Ukraine war footage. I was sceptical it happened but spoke to the original source of the video and confirmed it.
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Apr 30, 2024
BREAK: Julius Kivimaki AKA Zeekill sentenced to 6 years & 3 months in prison after hacking and blackmailing 30,000 therapy patients with their stolen notes. One of the cruellest cyber attacks ever. Zeekill's imprisonment ends a near 10 year cyber crime spree started as a teen.
Joe Tidy BBC News
@joetidy
Jan 19, 2024
Interesting day in Finland. #vastaamo
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Jun 14, 2017
Inside the largest and closest mosque to the Grenfell Tower. What a response. Some people have driven down from Leicester to help.
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Oct 31, 2024
I’m at a London event billed as the ‘unveiling of the true legal identity of Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto’. An odd set up to the press conference as the organiser asked me to pay £500 to attend and appear on stage to ask questions of the billionaire mystery man.
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Joe Tidy BBC News
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Aug 30, 2018
Jennifer Lawrence nude photo hacker jailed for eight months. George Garofano accessed 200 iCloud accounts with a phishing attack.
Jennifer Lawrence nude photo hacker jailed for eight months
From news.sky.com
Joe Tidy BBC News
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Mar 20, 2022
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Two observations I expand upon in this piece - Anonymous has probably never been bigger with groups around the world rallying to the Ukraine cause and the collective. And their tactics have evolved from disrupting & embarrassing their target to speaking direct to Russia people.