By AFP More by this AuthorSan FranciscoHackers involved in the high-profile hijacking of Twitter accounts earlier this week were young pals with no links to state or organised crime, The New York Times reported Friday. "The interviews indicate that the attack was not the work of a single country like Russia or a sophisticated group of hackers," the Times reported. The young hackers interviewed by the Times said a mysterious user who went by the name "Kirk" initiated the scheme with a message and was the one with access to Twitter accounts. The young hackers maintained they stopped serving as middlemen for "Kirk" when high-profile accounts became targets. Hackers involved in the attack on Twitter advertised account names at an OGusers.com website, asking for payment in bitcoin, according to the Times report.

Source: Daily Nation July 18, 2020 01:41 UTC