Security News > 2020 > July > Twitter Says Hackers Targeted 130 Accounts in Recent Attack

Approximately 130 accounts were targeted during the recent attack on Twitter, the social media giant has revealed.

The accounts were compromised after the attackers managed to gain access to internal Twitter systems and tools.

In a statement posted several hours ago, the company also revealed that the attackers targeted roughly 130 accounts during the attack, but that only some of these were actually used to send out tweets.

"Based on what we know right now, we believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of the incident. For a small subset of these accounts, the attackers were able to gain control of the accounts and then send Tweets from those accounts," the company noted.

While Twitter has yet to reveal how the attackers managed to access its internal tools, some of those who had their accounts hacked into have already shared details on how the accounts were hijacked.

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