Security News > 2022 > March > Reality Winner's Twitter account was hacked to target journalists
Twitter account of former intelligence specialist, Reality Winner was hacked over the weekend by threat actors looking to target journalists at prominent media organizations.
Hackers took over Winner's verified Twitter account and changed the profile name to "Feedback Team" to impersonate Twitter staff before sending out suspicious DMs to verified users.
On Sunday, multiple journalists and verified Twitter users reported receiving suspicious DMs from a "Verified" Twitter account called "Feedback Team.".
Mid-February some Indian journalists, including Sreedevi Jayarajan of The News Minute had their verified Twitter account taken over to target other verified profiles in a similar fashion.
The use of the account profile name "Feedback Team," and the identical wording of the DMs sent at the time from Jayarajan's hacked account imply the same threat actor(s) may be behind these attacks.
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