Twitter Hack

‘Mastermind’ accused of hacking Twitter just out of high school

Aug 02, 2020

FILE - This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twitter says an elected Dutch official was among 36 account holders whose direct message inboxes were accessed by hackers in a recent cyberattack. The politician, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, said Thursday, July 23, 2020, he was informed by Twitter that his account was compromised by a hacker, who posted tweets on his account and sent false direct messages in his name. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Florida teenager arrested for Twitter hack of prominent accounts

Aug 01, 2020

Hackers got access to Twitter's internal tools through the company's employees.

More than 1,000 people at Twitter had ability to aid hack of accounts

Jul 24, 2020

Twitter said the unidentified attackers targeted 130 accounts, and were able to reset passwords to take control of 45 of them and tweet from those accounts.

Twitter says attackers downloaded data from up to 8 non-verified accounts

Jul 19, 2020

Govt issues notice to Twitter after recent hacking targeting global high-profile users

Jul 19, 2020

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Tech Wrap: Who's behind the Twitter Bitcoin hack?

Jul 18, 2020
by HT Tech

Twitter mentions that investigations are on and there are certain details that will be provided later as and when possible so as the Twitter community can learn and benefit from it.

Twitter bitcoin hack: What exactly happened and what Twitter did next

Jul 18, 2020
by HT Tech

While Twitter has been struggling to figure out exactly what happened, the platform has said that the passwords of the hacked accounts were not compromised.

Some employees were manipulated by hackers, says Twitter

Jul 18, 2020
by HT Tech

Twitter said that the hackers targeted about 130 accounts, gaining control of a

Guess who's back? Political figures locked out in hack start returning to Twitter

Jul 18, 2020

Some people who changed their passwords in the past 30 days may still be blocked from accessing their accounts, the company said, but that doesn’t mean those accounts were compromised.

Twitter says hackers didn’t access user passwords

Jul 17, 2020