«This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet.»
A series of high-profile Twitter accounts were hijacked on Wednesday, with some of the platform’s top voices – including U. S. presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality television show star Kim Kardashian, former U. S. President Barack Obama, billionaire Elon Musk, and rapper Kanye West, among many others – used to solicit digital currency.
The cause of the breach was not immediately clear, but the unusual scope of the problem suggested that it was not limited to a single account or service. While account compromises are not unusual, experts were surprised at the sheer scale and coordination of the Wednesday’s incident.
“This appears to be the worst hack of a major social media platform yet,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, who co-founded cybersecurity company CrowdStrike.
