{"id":3112,"date":"2020-07-21T02:39:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T02:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybersecuritynews.com\/?p=3112"},"modified":"2020-07-21T02:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T02:39:37","slug":"twitter-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cybersecuritynews.com\/twitter-hacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Hack &#8211; Hackers Downloaded Account&#8217;s Information of Eight Twitter accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, on Saturday, there was a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cybersecuritynews.com\/twitter-hacked-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">breach <\/a>that was discovered by Twitter Inc., and they proclaimed that the threat actors had downloaded the account data and information of eight Twitter accounts that were used in the hack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Twitter report the hackers were tailed and tweeted a cryptocurrency scam on account of all high-profile and verified accounts. But, Twitter declined to reveal all the identities of the accounts; that&#8217;s why they affirmed that all the accounts that were compromised are not &#8220;verified.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This indicates that they did not have a blue tick to authenticate their ownership, and they don&#8217;t belong to the most high-profile hacked accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter also <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2020\/an-update-on-our-security-incident.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed <\/a>that these anonymous attackers targeted nearly 130 accounts and were equipped to reset passwords to take authority of 45 of them and after that, they started tweeting from those hacked accounts. As per the security reports, hackers managed to enter Twitter&#8217;s internal systems to gain access to some of the platform&#8217;s top essential tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hackers used the &#8220;Twitter Data&#8221; tool to download the account\u2019s information; it&#8217;s a tool that allows the users to download their full summary of their Twitter account details and activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/cybersecuritynews.com\/twitter-hacked-2\/\">hack<\/a>, they compromised some high profiles, which include former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and billionaire Elon Musk. Here, the hackers manipulated them to approach cryptocurrency scam on their respective profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.<\/p>&mdash; Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1283518038445223936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accounts Compromised<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Twitter Inc, the data that were involved in this breach was sensitive. A total of eight high profile accounts was involved in this breach, and here they are:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Barack Obama<\/li><li>Elon Musk<\/li><li>Joe Biden<\/li><li>Kanye West<\/li><li>Jeff Bezos<\/li><li>Warren Buffett<\/li><li>Cash App<\/li><li>Apple<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What the Attackers Accessed<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The hackers successfully bypass two-factor authentication, but, they were not authorized to see the former account passwords, as those passwords were not stored in plain text or accessible by the tools utilized in the attack.<\/li><li>The most critical data that the hackers could seize were all personal information, which includes email addresses and phone numbers, which are exposed to the users in the internal support tools. But, the digital money is anticipated to be divided into smaller amounts and operate through so-called &#8220;mixer&#8221; or &#8220;tumbler&#8221; services; thus, it makes it more difficult to trace it back.<\/li><li>In case, if the attacker has taken the full access of any account, then they will be able to view further account details as well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Twitter was catching back some of the aspects of the attack, as they are continuing the investigation and repeated that it was already operating with influenced account owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WARNING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gemini?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Gemini<\/a>&#39;s twitter account, along with a number of other crypto twitter accounts, has been hacked. This has resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gemini?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Gemini<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinbase?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Coinbase<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/binance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Binance<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoinDesk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Coindesk<\/a>, tweeting about a scam partnership with CryptoForHealth. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK! These tweets are SCAMS.<\/p>&mdash; Tyler Winklevoss (@tylerwinklevoss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerwinklevoss\/status\/1283492017041965058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this event, thousands of followers and fans have lost more than $120,000 worth bitcoins to the CryptoForHealth account, that is used by the attackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter said in its last statement that attackers &#8220;Maniupaltaed small number of employees&#8221; to gain access to the internal support tools utilized in the hack. But, the FBI&#8217;s San Francisco group is leading an inquiry into this hacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>You can follow us on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/gbhackers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linkedin<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gbhackers_news\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gbhackersadmin\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;for daily Cybersecurity and hacking news updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, on Saturday, there was a breach that was discovered by Twitter Inc., and they proclaimed that the threat actors had downloaded the account data and information of eight Twitter accounts that were used in the hack. 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