Twitter says an unspecified number of its users may have been targeted by state-sponsored hackers. The social networking giant says attackers appear to have targeted a Twitter customer support API. A successful attack would have revealed the country code associated with a user’s phone number, if they had registered one with Twitter, as well as whether Twitter had locked their account. Twitter’s stock price plunged 7 percent in Monday trading, apparently as a result of its security alert. Security firm Trend Micro says image memes are being used to provide remote command-and-control services for malware-infected PCs.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/twitter-sees-signs-state-sponsored-attack-a-11869