Online sources say that as of the beginning of this year, more than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors had access to an internal administration tool that is believed to have been used recently to celebrities and cryptocurrency scams.
Currently, Twitter and the FBI are investigating an incident involving the hacking of the accounts of famous users of the social network, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and others. After the attackers gained access to celebrity accounts, they published messages on their behalf, offering anyone who wanted to double any bitcoin payment for free.
A few days ago, it was announced that attackers used the credentials of Twitter employees to gain access to an internal administration tool with which they were able to take over 45 celebrity accounts. Later, a message appeared that the attackers looked through the messages of 36 users, but it was not said whose.
According to former Twitter employees, the company does not pay enough attention to cybersecurity. They note that at the beginning of the year, not only Twitter employees had access to administration tools, but also some contractors, such as Cognizant. It is possible that the situation has not changed since then, so a large number of people may be suspected of involvement in the recent incident. Twitter representatives declined to comment on the matter.
According to security specialist John Adams, who used to work at Twitter, the company should expand the number of secure accounts. He noted that changing the password in accounts with more than 10 thousand subscribers should take place with the participation of two employees of the network administration.
In a recent conversation with Twitter investors, CEO Jack Dorsey acknowledged the mistakes made. βWe have lagged behind, both in protecting our employees from social engineering and in restricting access to our internal tools,β Mr. Dorsey said.
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