Twitter launched “Login Verification” feature after the Non-Stop Hijacking of accounts by Pro-Assad Hackers
An article taken from HackersNewsBulletin.com:
After a series of attack on Twitter Accounts, they launched their new verification service “Login Verification” , this step was taken by twitter too late because many of the high profile twitter accounts hijacked by hackers like AP, ONION, E-Online, BBC, Guardian, Financial Times and the latest one is The Telegraph.
They all accounts were hijacked by pro-assad hackers group Syrian Electronic Army and in the starting of this month twitter also gave 3 steps advice to news organizations that how they can secure their account but those 3 steps didn’t work.
Attacks were not limited to media outlets, with two of FIFA’s Twitter accounts having been hacked in April, for which the Syrian Electronic Army also claimed responsibility.
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