'We're Embarrassed': Twitter Fags Say High-Profile Hack Hit 130 Users

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/18/892615413/we-re-embarrassed-twitter-says-
high-profile-hack-hit-130-users

Twitter says a total of 130 accounts were hacked in some fashion during a 
cybersecurity breach on Wednesday that affected some of its most prominent 
users, including Joe Biden and Kanye West. In a blog post updating the 
situation as of Friday night, the company explained that the perpetrators 
downloaded personal data from up to eight of 130 compromised accounts.

Twitter officials did not specify which eight accounts were affected — 
though they said that "none of the eight were verified accounts," by which 
the company means none of them was the official account of a public 
figure.

"The most important question for people who use Twitter is likely — did 
the attackers see any of my private information?" the company said in its 
update Friday. "For the vast majority of people, we believe the answer is, 
no."

But the company went on to say that hackers were able to view email 
addresses, phone numbers and, in some cases, "additional information."

Along with West and the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, the 
accounts of former President Barack Obama and billionaire businessmen Elon 
Musk and Jeff Bezos — among others — all tried to coax Bitcoin payments 
from followers with a fake pledge to double their money in return.

Even major companies such as Uber and Apple were co-opted into the scam.

Within hours, Twitter had removed the posts and even temporarily blocked 
verified accounts from tweeting or having their passwords reset.

Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Uber, Apple and other high 
profile accounts were hacked by Bitcoin scammers. 
pic.twitter.com/9WAtTjFJMj

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 15, 2020
Twitter officials now say they have a better idea of what happened in the 
first place. In a lengthy statement, the company laid out what its probe 
has turned up so far:

"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."

There is a lot speculation about the identity of these 8 accounts. We will 
only disclose this to the impacted accounts, however to address some of 
the speculation: none of the eight were Verified accounts.

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 18, 2020
In some cases, company officials added, the as-yet unidentified attackers 
tried to sell usernames. The company said it is "working with law 
enforcement" and will continue its investigation into the incident.

"We're acutely aware of our responsibilities to the people who use our 
service and to society more generally," the company said. "We're 
embarrassed, we're disappointed, and more than anything, we're sorry."

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