Multiple hijacked YouTube accounts impersonated Elon Musk’s Space X channel in a Bitcoin scheme that ripped off a total of more than $163,000.
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Twitter turns off SMS-based tweeting in most countries
Buh-bye, original way of tweeting. Twitter said it’s to keep our accounts safe, referring to unspecified SMS-enabled vulnerabilities.
Password-free database of exercise app Kinomap leaks 42m user records
It’s like a cloud of personal information breathed out in a plume by a database that didn’t bother to wear a mask.
Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts hijacked
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.
Twitter gave access to student’s account to his college
Twitter admitted it broke the rules when it handed over control of the student’s account to college administrators.
15 NFL teams’ Twitter hijacked in lead-up to the Super Bowl
“We are here to show people that everything is hackable,” says hacking group OurMine, back to spread its unwelcome spiel on hacked accounts.
Mozilla mandates 2FA security for Firefox developers
Mozilla last week fired off an important memo to all Firefox extension developers telling them to turn on authentication (2FA) on their addons.mozilla.org (AMO) accounts.
Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey
Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”
YouTube ‘influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished
100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes.
Twitter slaps back SMS texting after @Jack hijacking
Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.