Twitter in a blog post revealed that scammers were able to download account information of up to eight accounts. But the company hasn’t disclosed the identity of these Twitter accounts.
Twitter admitted data breach on Wednesday when scammers attacked high-profile accounts including those of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos et al. Multiple reports and clarification from Twitter have been coming since then. Earlier today, Twitter updated its blog post with more details as well.
The company revealed that hackers were able to download account information of up to eight Twitter accounts. Twitter said, “the attackers took the additional step of downloading the account’s information through our ‘Your Twitter Data’ tool.” The company’s Your Twitter Tool is designed to provide an account owner with a summary of their Twitter account details and activity. The summary sheet may include all the tweets, retweets, and DMs information of the account owner.
The company didn’t disclose the identity of these eight Twitter accounts but did say that none of the eight were a verified account.
