Security News > 2020 > July > Twitter Hack Update: What We Know (and What We Don’t)

"The attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter's internal systems, including getting through our two-factor protections. As of now, we know that they accessed tools only available to our internal support teams to target 130 Twitter accounts," Twitter wrote.

Attackers accessed the Twitter account feature "Your Twitter Data" for eight accounts.

In the hours leading up to the Twitter hack, account access for several of these was being offered for as much as $3,000 per account, according to Krebs and Motherboard.

"I'm extremely troubled by this hack of Twitter accounts," Sen. Edward Markey said in a media statement on Thursday.

It should go without saying: Until we know the how and who of the Great Twitter Hack of 2020, it will remain unclear as to whether Twitter can adequately address these worries.

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