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US teen behind Twitter hack that hit accounts of Barack Obama, Elon Musk
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): The teenager who allegedly hacked the Twitter accounts of former US President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, among other noted personalities in July had started off by convincing an employee of the microblogging platform that he was a co-worker, according
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Three people charged in Twitter hack which targeted accounts of Obama, Bid
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 1 (ANI): Three people were charged on Friday (local time) for their alleged involvement in a massive hack on Twitter earlier this month which saw accounts of several prominent personalities getting hacked.
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US teen charged in Twitter hack that hit prominent accounts
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 1 (Sputnik/ANI): A US teenager in the state of Florida has been charged for being the mastermind behind a massive hack on Twitter that targeted high-profile accounts, the Hillsborough State Attorney's office said in a press release on Friday.
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Twitter says hackers used phone phishing to gain access to high-profile ac
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Twitter on Friday said the hackers behind the attack on accounts of public figures used telephone phishing to break into the system.
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Twitter says up to 8 accounts may have had private messages stolen
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): Twitter has revealed that hackers may indeed have downloaded the private direct messages of up to eight individuals while conducting their Bitcoin scam, and were able to see "personal information" including phone numbers and email addresses from each acc
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Twitter says hackers used employee credentials to gain access to accounts
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Twitter said on Saturday that the recent attack on accounts of prominent figures was carried out by hackers who infiltrated the company's internal systems using several employees' credentials.
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FBI launches probe into widespread Twitter hack
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 17 (ANI): Following a massive attack during which several high-profile accounts were hacked, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have launched a probe into the widespread hack.
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Twitter halts ability of some accounts to tweet after massive hacker attac
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 16 (ANI): Twitter on Wednesday halted the ability for some accounts to send new tweets following a massive hacker attack on the social media website.
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Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates hacked to run Bitcoin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): A number of high profile Twitter accounts including that of US presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates and of Apple were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers to carry out what appeared to be a cryptocu
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Twitter admits someone exploited its phone number matching system
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
California [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): In yet another instance of security lapse, Twitter admitted that someone used fake accounts to exploit its API and match usernames to phone numbers, abusing the ability to find people with phone number.
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Darren Lehmann's Twitter account hacked
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 6 (ANI): Former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann's Twitter account has been hacked with the hacker posting derogatory anti-Iran tweets and changing the profile name and picture.
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Adam Sandler's Twitter account hacked
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): The 'Uncut Gems' actor became the latest victim of hacking when a series of racist and offensive posts were made from his Twitter account this Thursday.
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