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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by CPLX on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:36PM (#23852264)
One wonders if that specific account has some unique exemption in the Twitter code to specifically deal with it.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by alternatetwo on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @10:28PM (#23855083)
A disgruntled employee "deleted" that account temporarily a while ago, I've seen it theorised on reddit that that account has extra protections now.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Sebb767 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:55PM (#23853379)
I'd assume that, too. Given the sheer impact a tweet from him might have, there are probably (hopefully!) two extra layers.
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