Twitter outlines specific detail of a recent hack... Updates from Google, Apple, Facebook and Pinterest
July 20, 2020
Twitter Outlines Specific Detail of a Recent Hack - Official News
As explained by Twitter:
"Shortly after we became aware of the ongoing situation, we took preemptive measures to restrict functionality for many accounts on Twitter - this included things like preventing them from Tweeting or changing passwords. [...] We also locked accounts where a password had been recently changed out of an abundance of caution."
So what happened? How, exactly, did the hacker - or hackers - get access to these high-profile accounts.
"We believe attackers targeted certain Twitter employees through a social engineering scheme. [...] The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter’s internal systems, including getting through our two-factor protections. As of now, we know that they accessed tools only available to our internal support teams to target 130 Twitter accounts. For 45 of those accounts, the attackers were able to initiate a password reset, login to the account, and send Tweets."
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