Google and Target, the U.S. retail giant, were hit recently by the ongoing Twitter bitcoin scam account hacks. Twitter confirmed the involvement of third-party marketing solution apps in the incident. Target initially suggested that hackers had accessed its Twitter account and carried out the scam, but it later backtracked its statement and clarified that the attackers had never directly accessed its account. The company revealed that the cybercriminals had managed to carry out the. scam and post the messages by leveraging a third party marketing app, which was authorized to post content on Targets behalf.”]
Source: https://hackercombat.com/google-target-hit-by-twitter-bitcoin-scam-account-hacks/