Re:Ask HN: Twitter account stolen by presumed vulnerability
by scottsousa on Friday June 14, 2019 @07:31PM
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I thought about this a bit further. Wouldn't the join date of May 2019 on the account [0] signify that the user may not have actually reset my password/e-mail address but rather created a new account?
Ether way, I am still going to contact my mobile provider to be sure.
Re:Ask HN: Twitter account stolen by presumed vulnerability
by timwis on Saturday June 15, 2019 @05:41AM
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Maybe the attacker simply changed your username after gaining access, paving way for them to register a new account in that name.
Re:Ask HN: Twitter account stolen by presumed vulnerability
by scottsousa on Saturday June 15, 2019 @10:58AM
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That's a good thought but I don't think that's the case unfortunately. My e-mail address is not associated with any Twitter account at this time.
Twitter states they cannot find an account with my e-mail address if I try a password reset. As far as I can tell, my previous account has vanished as I mentioned in my OP.
I originally didn't suspect a SIM swap attack as I received a text message from one of my contacts around the time the e-mail address was changed. I was out of town of course and did not have my data on. I saw the Twitter e-mail notification the following day. Checking with my mobile provider will be a safe bet for sure.
Thank you for the info.