Experts on Twitter hack: Expect more such incidents, beware of third-party apps Experts on Twitter hack: Expect more such incidents, beware of third-party appsTwitter has claimed that those behind the bitcoin attack on the micro blogging platform downloaded account information of up to eight handles among the targeted ones. None of the eight were verified accounts.”The “Your Twitter Data” tool provides an account owner with a summary of their Twitter account details and activity. Although Twitter has not revealed the eight accounts targeted but it did confirm that none of the eight were verified accounts. Kaushik said, “This is very common for celebrities as they tend to have social media teams managing their social media presence on their behalf. Beware of third-party apps that have access to one’s social media accounts.”📣 The Indian Express is now on Telegram.

Source: Indian Express July 18, 2020 07:53 UTC