Twitter says hackers have gained access to its internal systems to gain access to the world's most influential figures on social media platforms, including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, TV star Kim Kardashian, former US President Barack Obama and Arab husband Elon Musk. Account used to obtain digital cryptocurrency.
According to a report by the foreign news agency Reuters, Twitter said that employees who have access to the internal system have been targeted by hackers or who have gained control over known (including verified) accounts and their Tweeted by
"We are looking into what other activities the hackers have carried out or obtained and we will inform the public as soon as we know more," the company said.
He then took the unusual step of temporarily blocking at least a few verified accounts from publishing messages for several hours.
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The company said it would restore access once it was sure it could do so safely.
Publicly available blockchain records show that the alleged scammers acquired cryptocurrencies worth more than لاکھ 100,000.
Chief executive Jack Dorsey had earlier said the company was assessing the issue and would "share everything once it fully understands what happened".
"Twitter is the hardest day for us, we are all ashamed of this incident," he said in a Twitter message.
Security breach
Shares of the social media company fell 5% in the market during the trade.
Within hours of the initial security breach, the platform's biggest users appeared to be struggling to regain control of their accounts.
For example, in the case of billionaire Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk, the tweet was removed, followed by a second tweet and then a third.
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Other high-profile accounts affected include: rapper Kanye West, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and Uber and Apple's corporate accounts.
In addition, several accounts of corrupt currency companies were also hijacked.
In all, the affected accounts had millions of followers.
Several experts say the incident has raised questions about Twitter's cyber security.
"It's clear the company isn't doing enough to protect itself," said Orion Falcottz, former CEO of Area 1 Security.
