Security News > 2020 > July > Twitter Says Hackers Accessed Dutch Politician's Inbox
Twitter says an elected Dutch official was among 36 account holders whose direct message inboxes were accessed in a recent high-profile hack.
The politician, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, said Thursday that he was informed by Twitter that his account was compromised by a hacker, who posted tweets on his account and sent false direct messages, or DMs, in his name.
The hack appeared designed to lure their Twitter followers into sending money to an anonymous Bitcoin account.
"To date, we have no indication that any other former or current elected official had their DMs accessed," the company said through its Twitter Support account.
Twitter also confirmed that another eight accounts had their user data archive, including direct messages, downloaded through the "Your Twitter Data" tool, but none of those accounts were verified.