Twitter published an update on its investigation into the highly visible hack it suffered earlier this month. It says the hack began with a “phone spear phishing attack” on a small number of employees. The attackers used these initial employees’ credentials to learn more about Twitter’s processes, and then target […]
Twitter accounts belonging to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development tweeted out the N-word and other offensive language on Wednesday after a hacker or hackers took over the accounts. A digital comms staffer at the EBRD, Marcus Warren, also had his account hijacked to tweet out the N-word and […]
Elon Musk’s Twitter account was hacked alongside dozens of celebrity accounts earlier in July. The Tesla CEO told The New York Times that he became aware of the hack within minutes because friends texted him. He said he directly called Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to alert him. “Probably within less […]
Twitter is still piecing together information about a massive hack last week that compromised 130 accounts and ground the site to a halt for hours. The hack’s unprecedented scope initially gave rise to theories that it was carried out by a sophisticated nation-state actor, but it now appears it was […]
Crypto exchange site Coinbase said it saved almost $US280,000, or 30.4 bitcoin, from transferring to the attackers that orchestrated last week’s hack on Twitter, per a Forbes report. The company said just 14 users sent a total of $US3,000 to the hackers before Coinbase blacklisted the scam address. The attackers […]
After Twitter suffered a massive hack Wednesday that took over dozens of high-profile verified accounts and ground the site to a halt, the hunt began to identify culprits. Many assumed the scale of the hack meant it was carried out by sophisticated actors like a nation-state – but new findings […]
President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was not compromised in Wednesday’s security breach because it has “extra protection,” according to a report from The New York Times. The account was given special protection after “past incidents,” The Times reports. In 2017, a Twitter contractor deleted Trump’s account for 11 minutes on […]
Twitter said Thursday it thinks 130 accounts were affected by its recent huge hack. On Wednesday high-profile accounts belonging to dozens of public figures including Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and Kim Kardashian tweeted links to a Bitcoin scam. Twitter’s investigation suggests the hack was broader than just this Bitcoin scam. […]
Screenshots obtained by Business Insider and multiple reports have pinpointed a community of hackers who are obsessed with “OG” Twitter handles as a possible factor in Wednesday’s giant Twitter hack. The term “OG” stands for “original gangster” and refers to online usernames that are short, making them potentially desirable. In […]
Sen. Ron Wyden said that Jack Dorsey told him in 2018 that Twitter was working on encrypted private messages, the senator said in a statement to Business Insider. “It has been nearly two years since our meeting, and Twitter DMs are still not encrypted, leaving them vulnerable to employees who […]
State and federal lawmakers are asking Twitter to explain what led to the massive hack Wednesday that compromised prominent accounts including Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian, and Bill Gates. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation sent a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Thursday asking Twitter to brief lawmakers […]
The Twitter accounts of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, former President Barack Obama, and companies like Apple and Uber were targeted in a colossal hack on Wednesday. The compromised accounts all posted a similar message asking followers to send bitcoin. Some cybersecurity experts said they think the hack could […]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state will launch an investigation into the Twitter hack that compromised dozens of prominent accounts Wednesday. Hackers took over accounts belonging to Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and others and used them to post messages urging people to […]
Hackers reportedly were given access to an internal tool from a Twitter employee that allowed them to conduct a massive hack on the social media platform on Wednesday, per a Motherboard report. A Twitter spokesperson told Motherboard that it’s still unclear if the employee hacked the accounts using the tool […]
Scammers hacked dozens of prominent Twitter accounts, including former President Barack Obama and billionaires such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk, and fooled many into thinking rich and powerful Americans were donating Bitcoin to some kind of coronavirus relief effort. The social media company disabled many verified accounts, but not […]
Twitter on Wednesday experienced a massive security breach that allowed hackers to perpetuate a bitcoin scam from the accounts of some of the site’s most high-profile users, including Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates. The company said that the hack appears to be the result of a “coordinated social […]