Remember the Twitter-bitcoin hack of a few days ago? Twitter has now released more information on the way the whole thing went about.
Twitter says a “phone spear phishing” attack helped hackers
Twitter has released some more information about the hack it suffered earlier this month that saw high profile accounts breached, and hijacked to post a cryptocurrency scams. Victims of the attack, which was perpetrated by hackers with access to Twitter’s internal account management support tools, included Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Kanye West.
Link: Twitter says a “phone spear phishing” attack helped hackers
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