Collaborate Disseminate
The accounts were used to advertise a site selling products made scarce by COVID-19: face masks, forehead thermometers and toilet paper. Continue reading Hijacked Twitter accounts used to advertise face masks
In full glare of the world, Facebook admins have found themselves in an unseemly struggle to wrestle back control of the company’s Twitter accounts. Continue reading Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts hijacked
The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online. Continue reading Rats leave the sinking ship as hackers’ forum gets hacked
Tampa’s mayor was trying to regain control of his Twitter account this week after it was used to post bomb threats and child sex abuse images. Continue reading Missile warning sent from hijacked Tampa mayor’s Twitter account
In less than an hour after he tweeted from a barricaded room, Vadim Lavrusik’s account was hijacked. Continue reading YouTube employee’s Twitter account hijacked during shooting
The hackers tweeted out love for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: “We love turkish soldiers, we love Erdogan, we love Turkey.” Continue reading Hijackers DM @realDonaldTrump from former Fox News hosts’ accounts
Salem State University was horrified when its account was taken over and used to spout racist venom – how could they have prevented it? We’ve got some advice Continue reading Hacked Twitter account spits out poison – make sure yours isn’t next
Todd Katz says Tesla illegally accessed his Twitter account in its investigation of a Yahoo email crafted to look like it came from Musk. Continue reading Oil exec accused of impersonating Elon Musk in an email sues Tesla over Twitter hack
The top Clinton campaign official has had a brand new Outlook account broken into and his Twitter account hijacked. Blame password reuse! Continue reading Clinton campaign official’s Twitter account hijacked: “I’ve switched teams”
Suspended Twitter accounts, including @Hitler, were temporarily reactivated by hacking group that claims to have discovered a security hole Continue reading Hackers “find Twitter exploit” and resurrect banned accounts