Security News > 2020 > July > On the Twitter Hack
2020-07-20 13:49
Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter.
Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators.
We will almost certainly learn about security lapses at Twitter that enabled the hack, possibly including a SIM-swapping attack that targeted an employee's cellular service provider, or maybe even a bribed insider.
There are many security technologies companies like Twitter can implement to better protect themselves and their users; that's not the issue.
This wasn't Twitter's first security problem involving trusted insiders.
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