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Twitter hack exposes potential for reputational harm

2020-07-27T06:57:00

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The confluence of Covid-19 and advanced social engineering techniques poses a growing threat - CyberCube

The potential for a hacked tweet from a senior business figure’s account to move a company’s share price was highlighted on Wednesday after a dozen high-profile celebrities had their Twitter accounts hijacked.

Darren Thomson, head of Cyber Security Strategy for cyber analytics leader CyberCube, said that a sophisticated social engineering attack had been used by the criminals to gain access to Twitter’s own systems.

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