Saijo George

Curated by Saijo George

Read more

thursday16 Jul 2020

Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts

https://www.vice.com

On Wednesday, a spike of high profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Uber, and Apple tweeted cryptocurrency scams in an apparent hack.

“We used a rep that literally done all the work for us,” one of the sources told Motherboard. The second source added they paid the Twitter insider. Motherboard granted the sources anonymity to speak candidly about a security incident. A Twitter spokesperson told Motherboard that the company is still investigating whether the employee hijacked the accounts themselves or gave hackers access to the tool.

The accounts were taken over using an internal tool at Twitter, according to the sources, as well as screenshots of the tool obtained by Motherboard. One of the screenshots shows the panel and the account of Binance; Binance is one of the accounts that hackers took over today. According to screenshots seen by Motherboard, at least some of the accounts appear to have been compromised by changing the email address associated with them using the tool.

 

Social Media


I love tl;dr Marketing because I can get all the latest SEO news and trends in one spot without having to read lengthy articles. I really look forward to the daily emails to see what's new in our industry!

LinkedIn Previews New Post Analytics, as Well as a New Reaction Emoji 1 - Social Media News

Ryan Mews SEO Manager Merkle