Twitter Apologizes for Hack, Says Personal Data Likely Not Accessed by Attackers
thewrap.coma number of high-profile accounts compromised earlier this week.“At this time, we believe attackers targeted certain Twitter employees through a social engineering scheme,” the company wrote in its statement, explaining that the hackers were able to gain access to the accounts through Twitter’s “internal systems.”The security breach took over the social media platform on Wednesday night as accounts with millions of followers — including those of Kanye West, Joe Biden and Elon Musk — were accessed by the hackers.
As part of its immediate response to the incident, Twitter temporarily took the step of disabling the ability to tweet or change passwords for verified accounts.Also Read: Twitter Temporarily Blocks Verified Blue-Check Accounts From.
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