THELOGICALINDIAN - Twitter has attempted to stop an advancing advance by locking bottomward highstatus accounts
Twitter has responded to an ongoing phishing campaign that has compromised dozens of absolute user accounts.
Verified Accounts on Twitter Locked
According to Twitter, some users will not be able to cheep or displace their passwords while Twitter resolves the issue.
It appears that this advance of activity alone affects absolute “blue check” users such as celebrities, journalists, politicians, and corporations. Some users’ letters advance that absolute accounts can broadcast appointed tweets and retweet added users’ tweets, but cannot column new content.
The restrictions do not assume to administer to accepted users, who accept connected to column throughout the phishing campaign.
Twitter’s accounts accept not been compromised during the attack, admitting photoshopped screenshots suggesting otherwise. However, Square’s Cash App, which has abutting ties to the amusing media belvedere through architect Jack Dorsey, was briefly compromised.
Attack Isn’t Over Yet
Twitter’s restrictions accept not chock-full the attacker. As of 12:30 UTC, the hacker’s Bitcoin account is still accepting crypto and has accumulated a antithesis of 12.8 BTC ($118,000).
The antagonist may be active phishing campaigns on platforms alfresco of the amusing media armpit as well.
Two hours ago, Twitter wrote to affirm that a amusing engineering advance had targeted employees. They accept reportedly bound afflicted accounts, removed tweets acquaint by the attackers, and accept “taken cogent accomplish to absolute admission to centralized systems and accoutrement while our analysis is ongoing.”
As the analysis unfolds, Crypto Briefing will abide to accommodate updates on the matter.
