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Manoj Bajpayee's Twitter Account Hacked, "Will Keep You Posted," Writes Actor
"Please do not engage with anything that comes from my profile today," wrote the actor
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Twitter Hack: Email Addresses of 200 Million Users Leaked on Hacking Forum, Security Researcher Says
Twitter users' data, including their email addresses, was leaked after the company was breached by hackers, according to security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock. The email addresses of over 200 million users were posted to a hacking forum, and could lead to hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxin...
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Twitter Hacked, Over 200 Million User Email Addresses Leaked: Researcher
Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday.
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Twitter Hack: Private Data of 40 Crore Users Up for Sale; Hacker Extorting CEO Elon Musk: Report
Private data of over 40 crore Twitter users has reportedly been hacked and put up for sale. According to a report, the data breach includes phone numbers and emails of prominent Twitter users like American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and a number of celebrities. The hacker is also reportedly attempting to extort T...
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Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji's Twitter Account Briefly Hacked: Details
The Twitter account of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji was hacked on Sunday, and hackers reportedly posted tweets promoting cryptocurrencies after changing the profile photo for the account. As per the report, the minister, who has over 2 lakh followers, was able to regain access to his account later on Sunday after the microblogging service ...
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Submit "Hacked" Devices For Probe: Delhi Police To Congress Leader
The Delhi Police on Saturday requested Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to submit his devices which he claimed were 'hacked' after allegedly posting and then deleting a tweet.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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Twitter's New 'Hacked Materials' Warning Label Spotted on Tweets: Here's What It Means
Twitter seems to have started labelling tweets with its “hacking materials” warning that contain links to news stories based on hacked or leaked documents. The update is, however, not new as Twitter updated its policy for content related to hacked materials last year.
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Twitter Appoints Top Hacker Peiter Zatko, Aka Mudge, as Head of Security
Twitter, under increased threat of regulation and plagued by serious security breaches, is appointing one of the world's best-regarded hackers to tackle everything from engineering missteps to misinformation.
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Twitter Services Restored Following Global Outage Due to Change in Internal Systems
Twitter Inc said on Thursday its social networking site was down for many users due to an inadvertent change it had made to its internal systems but the platform seemed to be returning to normal after about an hour and half of outage.
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Twitter Security Fell Short Before Celebrity Hack, New York Regulator Says
Twitter suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world's most famous people in July, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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Twitter Will Make Key US Political Accounts Adopt Tighter Account Security
Twitter, which was recently targeted in a hacking campaign that compromised the accounts of prominent political figures and celebrities, said on Thursday it was implementing more security measures for certain election-related accounts in the United States.
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PM Modi’s Website’s Twitter Account Briefly Hacked to Ask for Cryptocurrency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account was compromised, and tweets posted asking for people to donate cryptocurrency. This was quickly discovered and the tweets taken down. PM Modi's personal Twitter account, which has 65 million followers, was not affected.
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Porn Video Interrupts US Court Hearing for Accused Twitter Hacker
A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a stunning hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn, a newspaper reported.
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Twitter Fixes Security Issue Affecting Some Android Devices
Twitter said on Wednesday it has fixed a security issue that could allow hackers to access private Twitter data of some Android users, including messages.
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Manoj Bajpayee's Twitter Account Hacked, "Will Keep You Posted," Writes Actor
"Please do not engage with anything that comes from my profile today," wrote the actor
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Twitter Hack: Email Addresses of 200 Million Users Leaked on Hacking Forum, Security Researcher Says
Twitter users' data, including their email addresses, was leaked after the company was breached by hackers, according to security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock. The email addresses of over 200 million users were posted to a hacking forum, and could lead to hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxin...
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Twitter Hacked, Over 200 Million User Email Addresses Leaked: Researcher
Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday.
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Twitter Hack: Private Data of 40 Crore Users Up for Sale; Hacker Extorting CEO Elon Musk: Report
Private data of over 40 crore Twitter users has reportedly been hacked and put up for sale. According to a report, the data breach includes phone numbers and emails of prominent Twitter users like American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and a number of celebrities. The hacker is also reportedly attempting to extort T...
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Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji's Twitter Account Briefly Hacked: Details
The Twitter account of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji was hacked on Sunday, and hackers reportedly posted tweets promoting cryptocurrencies after changing the profile photo for the account. As per the report, the minister, who has over 2 lakh followers, was able to regain access to his account later on Sunday after the microblogging service ...
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Submit "Hacked" Devices For Probe: Delhi Police To Congress Leader
The Delhi Police on Saturday requested Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to submit his devices which he claimed were 'hacked' after allegedly posting and then deleting a tweet.
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Twitter Celebrity Hack: UK Citizen Arrested in Spain for Role in 2020 Scam Attack
A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a July 2020 Twitter hack that compromised the accounts of high-profile politicians and celebrities, the US Justice Department said.
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Twitter's New 'Hacked Materials' Warning Label Spotted on Tweets: Here's What It Means
Twitter seems to have started labelling tweets with its “hacking materials” warning that contain links to news stories based on hacked or leaked documents. The update is, however, not new as Twitter updated its policy for content related to hacked materials last year.
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Twitter Appoints Top Hacker Peiter Zatko, Aka Mudge, as Head of Security
Twitter, under increased threat of regulation and plagued by serious security breaches, is appointing one of the world's best-regarded hackers to tackle everything from engineering missteps to misinformation.
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Twitter Services Restored Following Global Outage Due to Change in Internal Systems
Twitter Inc said on Thursday its social networking site was down for many users due to an inadvertent change it had made to its internal systems but the platform seemed to be returning to normal after about an hour and half of outage.
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Twitter Security Fell Short Before Celebrity Hack, New York Regulator Says
Twitter suffered from cybersecurity shortfalls that enabled a "simple" hack attributed to a Florida teenager to take over the accounts of several of the world's most famous people in July, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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Twitter Will Make Key US Political Accounts Adopt Tighter Account Security
Twitter, which was recently targeted in a hacking campaign that compromised the accounts of prominent political figures and celebrities, said on Thursday it was implementing more security measures for certain election-related accounts in the United States.
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PM Modi’s Website’s Twitter Account Briefly Hacked to Ask for Cryptocurrency
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account was compromised, and tweets posted asking for people to donate cryptocurrency. This was quickly discovered and the tweets taken down. PM Modi's personal Twitter account, which has 65 million followers, was not affected.
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Porn Video Interrupts US Court Hearing for Accused Twitter Hacker
A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a stunning hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn, a newspaper reported.
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Twitter Fixes Security Issue Affecting Some Android Devices
Twitter said on Wednesday it has fixed a security issue that could allow hackers to access private Twitter data of some Android users, including messages.
