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Title: Twitter says at least one elected official had DMs accessed during breach
Post by: HCK on July 23, 2020, 04:05:19 pm
Twitter says at least one elected official had DMs accessed during breach

Twitter did not name the account of the Netherlands official.

What you need to know


Twitter says that 36 accounts had their DMs accessed during last week's breach.
That includes the account of one elected official from the Netherlands.
It says it has no indication to date that any other former or current elected official was compromised.


Twitter has said an elected official from the Netherlands was one of 36 accounts that had their DMs inbox accessed during last week's major breach.

In an update to its ongoing coverage of a major breach on July 15 Twitter stated:


  We believe that for up to 36 of the 130 targeted accounts, the attackers accessed the DM inbox, including 1 elected official in the Netherlands. To date, we have no indication that any other former or current elected official had their DMs accessed. [Added on July 22, 2020]


This follows the revelation last week that eight non-verified accounts had all of their information (including direct messages) downloaded u...

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