Security News > 2020 > September > Twitter Taking Steps to Protect Election-Related Accounts
Twitter announced this week that it's taking steps to protect high-profile accounts during the upcoming election in the United States.
Twitter is reaching out, via an in-app notification, to the owners of accounts associated with government officials, presidential campaigns, political parties, candidates, major news outlets and political journalists.
Twitter is also enabling the password reset protection feature for these accounts.
"While we're requiring some accounts do this given the unique sensitivities of the election period, everyone on Twitter can take advantage of these security measures,," Twitter said in a blog post.
The hackers used social engineering to obtain credentials that ultimately enabled them to access account management tools and take control of the targeted accounts.