Hackers hijacked dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts on Wednesday after gaining access to Twitter’s internal admin tools and systems. The accounts were later used to promote a cryptocurrency scam that allowed the scammers to collect over $100,000 from gullible victims. Twitter has not yet said if its employees were working with the attackers during the incident to takeover the impacted accounts. Twitter said tweeting functionality was restored to the affected accounts but that it might still inadvertently go down during the ongoing investigation. Senator Josh Hawley has asked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/scammers-hacked-twitter-and-hijacked-accounts-using-admin-tool/