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The account of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (@jack) suffered an attack on Friday night, as confirmed by the official Twitter warning account. A group calling itself the Chuckling Squad, the same hackers who have attacked famous YouTubers such as James Charles and Shane Dawson, claim to be responsible. The hackers tweeted racial and anti-Semitic slurs and more than a dozen tweets and retweets for 20 minutes before Twitter did anything. But finally the Twitter team reported that it had been able to "secure" Dorsey's account and that "there are no indications that Twitter's systems have been compromised.
Apparently, it had to do with "the phone number associated with the account" that "was compromised" due to issues related to the telecom company that provides service to the phone, but that the problem had already been "resolved." Here's what we know about the hack so far. Discover more stories on Business Insider Spain. The hacking of @jack's account lasted less than 30 minutes Middle East Phone Number List Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and the fintech Square. Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and the fintech Square. Reuters At 3:44 p.m. EST, Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey's account, @jack, began tweeting offensive messages and retweeting tweets associated with the hacker group Chuckling Squad. , who has been attacking YouTubers for the past two weeks. In just 20 minutes, and before the official Twitter account confirmed the attack, Dorsey's account published racist, anti-Semitic messages and other tweets with offensive content that were eventually deleted.
The group that said it was responsible for the attack on Dorsey's account has already attacked YouTubers, such as makeup and Instagram star James Charles The hacking group that identified itself as taking over Dorsey's account has previously targeted YouTubers, including James Charles. Twitter Before claiming they were responsible for the tweets from Dorsey's account, the Chuckling Squad , as they identify themselves, hacked famous YouTubers such as James Charles, Shane Dawson, King Bach, Etika and Amanda Cerny, all on the last two weeks. Charles, the most recent, threatened in a tweet with legal action pointing out that AT&T was to blame for the Chuckling Squad having access to his account. Twitter has yet to confirm who hacked Dorsey's account or how, but Dorsey's account during that time tweeted a link to the same Discord server whose administrator posted screenshots from YouTuber Etika's Google email account.
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发表于 2024-3-7 17:01:11