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Twitter hackers read private messages of 36 high-profile accounts

Hackers accessed 36 out of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts targeted in last week’s attack. Hackers also accessed the inbox of Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Twitter says it found no indication that any other former or current elected official had their DMs accessed. The hackers used the accounts they took over to push a massive Bitcoin scam which allowed to collect almost $120,000 worth of bitcoins. Twitter immediately blocked the hijacked accounts from resetting their user passwords and from tweeting after detecting the attack.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twitter-hackers-read-private-messages-of-36-high-profile-accounts/

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