Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultaneous attack

Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Firebrand on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:49PM (#23852479)

I wonder if they have access to the accounts’ DMs too. Lots of juicy info potentially there.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by Monroe13 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:04PM (#23855288)

I’m seeing a lot of discussion of the DMs being the real target, but executives and politicians usually have staff who monitor and post to their social media channels. Hard to imagine Barack Obama communicating anything of blackmail value over a channel that a mid-level social media manager has the password to.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by nomadluap on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:33PM (#23855467)

No, but you could blackmail a social media manager to further your cause by planting a bug in the office, for example.

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