Articles Tagged
hijacked Twitter accounts
March 26, 2020
The accounts were used to advertise a site selling products made scarce by COVID-19: face masks, forehead thermometers and toilet paper.
February 11, 2020
In full glare of the world, Facebook admins have found themselves in an unseemly struggle to wrestle back control of the company’s Twitter accounts.
May 21, 2019
The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online.
February 25, 2019
Tampa's mayor was trying to regain control of his Twitter account this week after it was used to post bomb threats and child sex abuse images.
April 05, 2018
In less than an hour after he tweeted from a barricaded room, Vadim Lavrusik's account was hijacked.
January 18, 2018
The hackers tweeted out love for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: "We love turkish soldiers, we love Erdogan, we love Turkey."
May 24, 2017
Salem State University was horrified when its account was taken over and used to spout racist venom - how could they have prevented it? We've got some advice
November 07, 2016
Todd Katz says Tesla illegally accessed his Twitter account in its investigation of a Yahoo email crafted to look like it came from Musk.
October 13, 2016
The top Clinton campaign official has had a brand new Outlook account broken into and his Twitter account hijacked. Blame password reuse!
