Security News > 2020 > August > Twitter hack – three suspects charged in the US

The US Department of Justice just issued a press release entitled simply, "Three Individuals Charged for Alleged Roles in Twitter Hack.".

In some ways, the Twitter hack referred to, which happened just two weeks ago on 2020-07-15, was tiny.

In a world in which data breaches involving millions, hundreds of millions and even billions of accounts aren't unusual, the fact that Twitter lost control of just 45 accounts seems, at first glance, almost inconsequential.

According to the indictments, those involved in the hack used these high-reach accounts to promote a Bitcoin scam that urged victims to get involved in a "Two-for-one" scheme: pay in some bitcoins to Gates, Musk, West et al.

The indictments also allege numerous other interactions between two of the suspects - the investigators argue that this shows them working together to take over other Twitter accounts.

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