Security Oversight Blamed for Jack Dorsey’s Hacked Twitter Account

5
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Late night local time, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account was hacked. The hackers who call themselves Chuckle Squad began tweeting racial slurs, a Holocaust denial post and antisemitic messages. The tweets were up for a while before they began being deleted.

Twitter communication tweeted that they were aware that their CEOs account was compromised and that they had began investigations.

They later tweeted that his account was now secure while also assuring tweeps that their systems hadn’t been compromised.

Cell service vulnerability

They later pointed out that an unknown telecom provider that Jack uses linked to his Twitter account was compromised adding that there wa security oversight by the provider that they allowed the hackers to post the tweets via text.

The Twitter Client used to post the tweets via text was revealed to be CloudHopper.

This hacker group is an upcoming one that recently hacked Twitter accounts of various YouTubers such as Shane Dawson and James Charles together with King Bach. The group was also reportedly behind gaining access to the Gmail account of the late Edmond Amofah.

Many victims put the blame on AT&T’s employees who illegally SIM swap users accounts leading to the breaches.

The hackers poster links to a discord server but we’re quickly booted out of the platform.

This isn’t the first time Jack has been hacked. It was hacked by another hacker group in 2016 who also hacked Mark Zuckerberg’s and Sundar Pichai’s accounts.

What they’re saying:

Time to switch to better 2FA methods such as using Authenticator Apps.

Check your apps peeps. Here’s a handy list to ensure your phone’s security is in top shape.

It’s all his fault. Jack had been warned before

Come on man

Cloud of doubt

Previous articleSafaricom to Add 2000 4G Stations as Shareholders Approve Largest Dividend Payout
Next articleAirtel Africa is the Continent’s Second Largest Mobile Operator
I brunch on consumer tech | first.last at techweez dot com

5 COMMENTS

Comments are closed.