Twitter disclosed earlier today that hackers were able to download account information of eight accounts using the company’s “Your Twitter Data” tool.
Twitter disclosed earlier today that hackers were able to download account information of eight accounts using the company’s “Your Twitter Data” tool. This tool provides an archive of an account’s Twitter data, including tweets and direct messages. While Twitter didn’t reveal the identity of these accounts, the company did say that none of the eight were a verified account. The company also announced that for 45 accounts, the hackers were able to initiative a password reset and send tweets.
Twitter’s latest revelations come a day after it had disclosed that the hackers targeted about 130 accounts during the cyberattack this week, an incident in which profiles of many prominent personalities and organisations were compromised. The company also said that it was reaching out to the eight Twitter users who data was downloaded by the hackers.
