Twitter warns users of serious security breach that could impact millions of accounts in India
5 years ago

Twitter warns users of serious security breach that could impact millions of accounts in India

India Today  

Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world and is used by millions of users every day who share not just their daily lives with fellow Twitter users, but also essential data about themselves with the platform itself. As such, when news emerged that the platform’s security systems had been breached and possibly user data was stolen from it, many users were understandably left scared. The company earlier last week admitted that it had released a fix for a malicious code that was possibly inserted into its app by hackers and could have compromised some users' information worldwide. The information about the possible data breach was shared with users by Twitter itself which had sent an email to its users asking them to update their apps and warning that in the case don’t the decision could give hackers a chance to gain access to non-public account information or even give them direct control over the user’s account. While the company outlined the issue, and possible implications arising from it, it did not say if any user data was actually stolen because of the flaw it found in the code of its app.

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Realme India's social media account HACKED: Here's what happened
10 months, 1 week ago

Realme India's social media account HACKED: Here's what happened

India TV News  

Realme India's X is reportedly hacked as an unexpected tweet on the platform surfaced. A post made from Realme India’s handle stated, “ Is ship ka captain badal gaya hai. On the post, several X users commented with concern, and the hacker further commented that the administrator of the account has now changed and also wrote several things related to …

Twitter takes action: Bans over 1.1 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter takes action: Bans over 1.1 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines

India TV News  

In a recent monthly compliance report, Twitter revealed that it had banned a record-breaking 1,132,228 accounts in India between April 26 and May 25. As part of the rules, major digital and social media platforms with over five million users are required to publish monthly compliance reports. In this reporting period, Twitter received a total of 518 complaints from Indian …

India threatened to block Twitter, raid employees: former CEO Jack Dorsey
1 year, 7 months ago

India threatened to block Twitter, raid employees: former CEO Jack Dorsey

The Hindu  

Former Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said that the Indian government had threatened to shut down the social media network in the country. “No one went to jail nor was Twitter ‘shutdown,’” Chandrasekhar said, saying that Twitter had continuously resisted Indian laws until July 2022, when it “finally complied”. Chandrasekhar’s claim that Twitter “finally complied” with remaining orders omitted …

India threatened to block Twitter, raid employees: former CEO Jack Dorsey
1 year, 7 months ago

India threatened to block Twitter, raid employees: former CEO Jack Dorsey

The Hindu  

Former Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said that the Indian government had threatened to shut down the social media network in the country. — Twitter Global Government Affairs May 27, 2021 “This is an outright lie by” Mr. Dorsey, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology said in a response posted on Twitter. “No one …

'Who let this happen?': Karti Chidambaram slams govt after alleged CoWin data breach
1 year, 7 months ago

'Who let this happen?': Karti Chidambaram slams govt after alleged CoWin data breach

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Karti Chidamabaram on Monday demanded answers from union Information Technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw after reports that private details of 'all' vaccinated Indians stored on the government's CoWIN platform had been hacked and leaked online. Why is Government of India sitting on a data protection law?” Congress MP Karti Chidambaram Earlier today, in a lengthy Twitter thread, Trinamool Congress …

Hackers breach Reddit systems; steal source code and internal data
1 year, 11 months ago

Hackers breach Reddit systems; steal source code and internal data

The Hindu  

Threat actors hacked into Reddit’s systems gaining access to internal documents, code and business systems, the platform shared in its security incident notice. Attackers then gained access to some internal docs, codes, dashboards and business systems; however no breach was reported in the primary production systems where majority of data is stored, thereby ensuring user passwords and accounts data was …

T-Mobile data theft: 37 million users' account compromised
1 year, 11 months ago

T-Mobile data theft: 37 million users' account compromised

Hindustan Times  

US wireless carrier T-Mobile said on Thursday it was investigating a data breach that may have exposed 37 million postpaid and prepaid accounts, and hinted at incurring significant costs related to the incident. It's the second major cyberattack in less than two years and comes months after the carrier agreed to upgrade its data security to settle a litigation related …

Twitter Deny Data Leak Hack Sold Online Researcher Alon Gal
2 years ago

Twitter Deny Data Leak Hack Sold Online Researcher Alon Gal

ABP News  

Twitter has denied a data leak that apparently hit 200 million of its users and their information was being sold online. The data hack that resulted in 200 million names and email IDs of Twitter users was not a result of a security bug on the micro-blogging platform's systems, Twitter has said. ".Therefore, based on information and intel analyzed to …

Twitter says no evidence new user data leaks were obtained via system bug
2 years ago

Twitter says no evidence new user data leaks were obtained via system bug

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that there was no evidence that data recently being sold online was obtained by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's systems. Another 600 million pieces of user data "could not be correlated with the previously reported incident, nor with any new incident," Twitter said in a blog post. The social media company told users in …

What Twitter’s 200 Million-User Email Leak Actually Means
2 years ago

What Twitter’s 200 Million-User Email Leak Actually Means

Wired  

After reports at the end of 2022 that hackers were selling data stolen from 400 million Twitter users, researchers now say that a widely circulated trove of email addresses linked to about 200 million users is likely a refined version of the larger trove with duplicate entries removed. From June 2021 until January 2022, there was a bug in a …

Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked, researcher says
2 years ago

Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked, researcher says

Live Mint  

Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. Troy Hunt, creator of breach-notification site Have I Been Pwned, viewed the leaked data and said on Twitter that it seemed “pretty much what it’s been described as.” There were no clues to the identity …

What is wrong with Twitter? 200 mn users' data leaked and sold for $200K on Dark Web
2 years ago

What is wrong with Twitter? 200 mn users' data leaked and sold for $200K on Dark Web

India TV News  

Cyber-security researchers have found a data dump comprising over 200 million Twitter users, that was earlier being sold for $200,000. "The vulnerability in Twitter's API, enabled threat actors to input phone number/email address to retrieve the Twitter user ID which in turn enables data scraping," said a CloudSEK researcher. On January 4, a new user on the hacker forum with …

Twitter leak exposes 235 million email addresses from hack
2 years ago

Twitter leak exposes 235 million email addresses from hack

LA Times  

Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed, according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal. Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed, according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal — making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used …

Twitter Data Breach: Account Details Of 200 Million Users — Including Sundar Pichai, Donald Trump Jr. — Leaked
2 years ago

Twitter Data Breach: Account Details Of 200 Million Users — Including Sundar Pichai, Donald Trump Jr. — Leaked

ABP News  

Twitter appears to have been breached yet again. In the latest instance, a hacker calling himself StayMad has reportedly leaked the personal data of over 200 million users, including high profile accounts such as Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Donald Trump Jr., SpaceX, CBS Media, NBA, WHO, and more. Israeli cyber intelligence firm Hudson Rock called this one of the "most …

Explained | What are the concerns on Twitter whistleblower’s claims?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | What are the concerns on Twitter whistleblower’s claims?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 23, CNN and The Washington Post newspaper reported that Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, a former head of security at Twitter, had filed a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which among other things alleges that the Indian government forced the social media network to hire its agent, who then had access to …

Twitter stonewalls queries on whistleblower’s claims
2 years, 4 months ago

Twitter stonewalls queries on whistleblower’s claims

The Hindu  

Twitter stonewalled questions by members of the Standing Committee on Information Technology on the latest revelations made its former head of security Peiter Zatko who claimed that Indian government forced the social media firm to put a government agent on its payroll. To several questions by the members on Mr. Zatko’s allegations, Twitter, which was represented by Samiran Gupta who …

Here's What Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Said About Former Security Head's Claims Regarding Bots On Platform
2 years, 4 months ago

Here's What Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal Said About Former Security Head's Claims Regarding Bots On Platform

News 18  

Twitter’s Indian-origin CEO Parag Agrawal has lashed out at the company’s former head of security, Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko, saying his false claims are “riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, and presented without important context". WATCH VIDEO: Unboxing OnePlus Nord Buds CE, most affordable OnePlus earbuds “There are news reports outlining claims about Twitter’s privacy, security, and data protection practices that were …

Indian government forced Twitter to put ‘agent’ on payroll, grant access to user data, says former security chief
2 years, 4 months ago

Indian government forced Twitter to put ‘agent’ on payroll, grant access to user data, says former security chief

The Hindu  

Peiter Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, has alleged that the Indian government forced the microblogging platform to put a government agent on its payroll and grant access to sensitive user data, according to a whistle-blower complaint filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. “What we’ve seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy …

Indian govt had agent inside Twitter who accessed user data, says firm's former security chief
2 years, 4 months ago

Indian govt had agent inside Twitter who accessed user data, says firm's former security chief

India Today  

A few months ago Twitter fired its cyber security chief Peiter "Mudge" Zatko. While Zatko's claims are wide-ranging and mostly focus on the data safety and security practices that Twitter follows, his report also includes explosive allegations related to the Indian government. Zatko says that a few years ago, under pressure from the Indian government, Twitter hired a government agent …

Twitter Hit By Massive Data Breach That Exposed Information Of 5.4 Million Users
2 years, 5 months ago

Twitter Hit By Massive Data Breach That Exposed Information Of 5.4 Million Users

ABP News  

Micro-blogging site Twitter was hit by a massive data breach that allowed an attacker to access sensitive information of about 5.4 million Twitter users. It should be noted that even as Twitter has acknowledged the data leak, the sensitive data of a whopping 5.4 million Twitter users still remains exposed in the hands of a malicious hacker. According to a …

A Hacker Is Selling Twitter Data Of 5.4 Million People For $30,000: All Details
2 years, 5 months ago

A Hacker Is Selling Twitter Data Of 5.4 Million People For $30,000: All Details

News 18  

A Twitter security vulnerability discovered in early 2022 has been used to cull the account details of 5.4 million users, and the hacker is offering the set for sale for $30,000, says a new report. “Exactly as the HackerOne user zhirinovskiy described in the initial report in January, a threat actor is now selling the data allegedly acquired from this …

Hackers use hacked Twitter accounts to target users with phishing attacks
2 years, 11 months ago

Hackers use hacked Twitter accounts to target users with phishing attacks

Op India  

Twitter account hacking has, of late, become a routine occurrence. The user shared screenshots of the Direct Message he has received from an account that was presumably hacked and also shared the profile details of a verified account that had gotten hacked after the user had fallen into the trap of the hackers and entered credentials of his account using …

'Stop Beating Around The Bush, Comply With New IT Rules': Centre's Strong Response To Twitter
3 years, 7 months ago

'Stop Beating Around The Bush, Comply With New IT Rules': Centre's Strong Response To Twitter

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday condemned the statement issued by Twitter as totally baseless, false and an attempt to defame India to hide their own follies and asked the micro-blogging platform to stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land. Asserting India has a glorious tradition of free speech and democratic practices dating back …

Facebook and Twitter are in a high-stakes standoff with India
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook and Twitter are in a high-stakes standoff with India

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy, usher in mass surveillance and harm business in the world’s fastest growing market. On Monday, Indian police visited Twitter’s offices after it labeled a tweet from a prominent official of …

Twitter ‘concerned’ about India staff safety after police visit
3 years, 7 months ago

Twitter ‘concerned’ about India staff safety after police visit

Al Jazeera  

Days after police visited its offices as part of probe into tagging of BJP posts as manipulated, social media firm says it is worried about safety of its workers. Twitter Inc says it is worried about the safety of its staff in India, days after police visited its offices as part of a probe related to the social media firm’s …

Facebook data leak includes personal info of 6 million users in India, the story so far
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook data leak includes personal info of 6 million users in India, the story so far

India Today  

The latest Facebook data breach is claimed to have leaked the personal data of over 533 million users globally. In a country-wise breakup, the claimed data breach reportedly includes the personal information of 6 million users in India. Alon Gal, CTO of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, posted information around the data breach that is said to have leaked data …

Twitter seeks meeting with IT minister over govt notice, says tweets must continue to flow
3 years, 11 months ago

Twitter seeks meeting with IT minister over govt notice, says tweets must continue to flow

India Today  

The ongoing tussle between the government of India and Twitter might see an end soon. The entire story started on February 1 when Twitter India withheld several accounts that were reportedly tweeting or sharing information on farmers' protest. India Today Tech learnt at that point that Twitter had blocked the accounts in the interim in response to a valid legal …

Twitter Account of PM Modi's Website Was Hacked to Clear Paytm Hack Allegations: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Twitter Account of PM Modi's Website Was Hacked to Clear Paytm Hack Allegations: Report

News 18  

PM Narendra Modi’s website’s Twitter account was hacked in the early hours of Thursday, September 3. The report by The Next Web states that the hackers also alleged that PM Modi’s own website, narendramodi.in, is riddled with bugs, and by hacking the website’s Twitter account, the group wanted to bring this to the notice of the site’s administrators. The crypto …

Twitter Confirms Account of PM Narendra Modi's Personal Website Hacked, Secured Now
4 years, 4 months ago

Twitter Confirms Account of PM Narendra Modi's Personal Website Hacked, Secured Now

News 18  

Twitter confirmed on Thursday that an account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked after tweets called on followers to donate through cryptocurrency to the national relief fund. The account, with more than 2.5 million followers, is the official Twitter handle for Modi’s personal website and the Narendra Modi mobile application. Meanwhile, PM Modi’s personal Twitter account, which …

Twitter Says Massive Phone Spear-Phising Attack on Employees Led to Bitcoin Hacking Scandal
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter Says Massive Phone Spear-Phising Attack on Employees Led to Bitcoin Hacking Scandal

News 18  

Twitter Inc, whose internal systems were breached about two weeks ago, said on Thursday the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone “spear-phishing” attack. Attackers also targeted specific employees who had access to account support tools, Twitter said here adding that it restricted access to its internal tools and systems ever since the incident occurred. Hackers had …

Twitter confirms phone spear-phishing attack behind high-profile bitcoin scam
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter confirms phone spear-phishing attack behind high-profile bitcoin scam

India Today  

Twitter on Thursday confirmed a phone spear-phishing attack that led to the hacking of tens of high-profile accounts luring users to invest in bitcoin currency. This attack relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees and exploit human vulnerabilities to gain access to our internal systems,” Twitter noted in a blog post. “A successful attack required the …

Govt issues notice to Twitter after recent hacking targeting global high-profile users
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt issues notice to Twitter after recent hacking targeting global high-profile users

Firstpost  

Cyber attackers had hacked into the Twitter accounts of high profile users, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Jeff Bezos, in a purported Bitcoin scam. New Delhi: India’s cybersecurity nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full details of a recent global hacking incident targeting high-profile users, as it sought information on the …

Govt issues notice to Twitter after recent hack targeting global high-profile users
4 years, 5 months ago

Govt issues notice to Twitter after recent hack targeting global high-profile users

The Hindu  

India’s cybersecurity nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full details of the recent global hack targeting high-profile users, as it sought complete information on number of Indian users affected as well as impact on data, a source said. The source privy to the development told PTI that CERT-In has also asked Twitter …

Employees Manipulated And Credentials Used For Access By Attackers, Says Twitter About Bitcoin Hack
4 years, 5 months ago

Employees Manipulated And Credentials Used For Access By Attackers, Says Twitter About Bitcoin Hack

ABP News  

: Twitter has said that credentials of their employees were used for the massive Bitcoin hack that happened on July 15 in which high profile celebrity accounts such as that of former US President Barack Obama and rapper Kanye West were affected. ALSO READ| Ram Mandir Construction In Ayodhya To Begin Soon; 'Bhumi Poojan' Date Likely To Be Announced Today …

Indian government issues notice to Twitter after high-profile hack
4 years, 5 months ago

Indian government issues notice to Twitter after high-profile hack

India Today  

Twitter encountered data breach on Wednesday when hackers attacked high-profile accounts in a bitcoin scam. According to a latest report by PTI, a source has revealed that India's cyber security nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full details of the recent global hack targeting high-profile users. The Indian government has also demanded …

Twitter says scammers targeted 130 accounts in high-profile hack
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter says scammers targeted 130 accounts in high-profile hack

India Today  

Twitter on Friday shared details about the platform’s ongoing investigation of the Wednesday incident that left tens of high-profile accounts compromised. For a small subset of these accounts, the attackers were able to gain control of the accounts and then send Tweets from those accounts," Twitter’s security page read. --As part of caution, Twitter has locked some accounts that had …

Experts say Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust
4 years, 5 months ago

Experts say Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A breach in Twitter’s security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said Thursday. The FBI said Thursday it is investigating the hacks, and said …

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do
4 years, 5 months ago

Hackers May Try To Hijack Famous Indian Profiles, Here's What Maharashtra Cyber Advices You Do

ABP News  

We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools. "It is possible that hackers could try to gain atoms to prominent Indian twitter profiles in a similar fashion," the statement read. The agency has expressed the possibility of such a coordinated …

Twitter racing to unravel mystery cyber-attack
4 years, 5 months ago

Twitter racing to unravel mystery cyber-attack

Live Mint  

As Twitter Inc. grapples with the worst security breach in its 14-year history, it must now uncover whether its employees were victims of sophisticated phishing schemes or if they deliberately allowed hackers to access high-profile accounts. On Wednesday, some of the world’s most prominent names, including former president Barack Obama and Democratic candidate and his former vice president Joe Biden, …

Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama all have their Twitter accounts HACKED
4 years, 6 months ago

Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Barack Obama all have their Twitter accounts HACKED

Daily Mail  

High-profile Twitter accounts including Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Uber and Apple have been hacked in an internal breach that is believed to be one of the largest social media attacks ever. List of compromised Twitter accounts Barack Obama Joe Biden Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Mike Bloomberg Elon Musk Jeff Bezos Bill Gates Warren Buffet Kanye West Kim …

Twitter blames ‘coordinated’ attack on its systems for hack of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and others
4 years, 6 months ago

Twitter blames ‘coordinated’ attack on its systems for hack of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and others

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Twitter accounts belonging to Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Apple, among other prominent handles, were compromised on Wednesday in what Twitter said it believes to be an attack on some of its employees with access to the company’s internal tools. “We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by …

After Google, Twitter warns Indian users about data breach
5 years ago

After Google, Twitter warns Indian users about data breach

The Hindu  

In an extremely stressful year for Internet users, Twitter on Saturday admitted a malicious code was inserted into its app by a bad actor that may have compromised some users’ information worldwide, including in India, as people woke up to an email from Twitter, warning them to update the app for Android. “We’re sorry this happened and will continue working …

Facebook and Twitter: 'Personal data of hundreds of users may have been improperly accessed'
5 years, 1 month ago

Facebook and Twitter: 'Personal data of hundreds of users may have been improperly accessed'

Daily Mail  

Facebook and Twitter have confirmed that the personal data of hundreds of their users may have been 'improperly accessed' by third-party apps. The security breach has reportedly affected Android users who accessed the Giant Square and Photofy apps via their social media accounts. Facebook and Twitter have confirmed that the personal data of hundreds of their users may have been …

Indian govt asks Twitter for information about 474 accounts
5 years, 2 months ago

Indian govt asks Twitter for information about 474 accounts

India TV News  

The Indian government has asked Twitter to provide information about 474 accounts and requested to remove or withhold content about 504 accounts on violating the law of the land in the first six months of this year. According to Twitter's latest transparency report, it helped the Indian government in 5 per cent of the information request cases and complied in …

Twitter may have used users' personal data for targeted ads WITHOUT their permission
5 years, 5 months ago

Twitter may have used users' personal data for targeted ads WITHOUT their permission

Daily Mail  

Twitter has revealed it may have used some people's personal data to target them with advertising without their permission because of issues within the platform's settings. The social media giant said it had recently discovered issues in its website where settings choices may not have worked 'as intended', resulting in some gathered data being used to personalise advertising. In a …

Twitter apologises and admits to user data leak
5 years, 5 months ago

Twitter apologises and admits to user data leak

India TV News  

Twitter admits to inadvertently sharing users data with advertising and third-party partners, owing to the breach and identify privacy flaw and regretting the outcome. As per Twitter's blog post posted on Tuesday, the user information that could have been shared without permission could include country code and details of users engagement with ad and information about the ad. Also, read: …

Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked by pro-Pak Turkish hackers, hackers tweet anti-India tweets
5 years, 7 months ago

Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked by pro-Pak Turkish hackers, hackers tweet anti-India tweets

Op India  

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked on Monday night by pro-Pakistani Turkish hacker group Ayyildiz Tim, reports ANI. Reportedly, the hacker group replaced Bachchan’s profile picture with a photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and also changed the bio, adding “Love Pakistan” and an emoji of the Turkish flag. Ayyildiz Tim also tweeted multiple messages, including an …

Twitter adds way to report voter-tricking tweets
5 years, 8 months ago

Twitter adds way to report voter-tricking tweets

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India. "Any attempts to undermine the process of registering to vote or engaging in the electoral process is contrary to our company's core values," the Twitter safety team said in an online post. Twitter teams entrusted to …

Despite a reported fix, Twitter accounts still vulnerable, say experts
6 years ago

Despite a reported fix, Twitter accounts still vulnerable, say experts

India TV News  

Despite claiming a fix, the British based security firm researchers that earlier hijacked accounts of several journalists and celebrities on Twitter have said that there are still loopholes that persist in the social media platform. Last week, Insinia Security had said that it had hijacked a number of celebrities account that includes Louis Theroux, Eamonn Holmes, Simon Calder and Saira …

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