{"id":89400,"date":"2020-10-15T00:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-hackers-posed-as-it-workers-ny-probe-finds\/"},"modified":"2020-10-15T00:30:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:30:48","slug":"twitter-hackers-posed-as-it-workers-ny-probe-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-hackers-posed-as-it-workers-ny-probe-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter hackers posed as IT workers, NY probe finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Twitter<\/a> hackers posed as IT workers, NY probe finds<\/strong>”
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\n A simple phone scam was the key first step in the Twitter hack that took over dozens of high-profile accounts this summer, New York regulators say.<\/p>\n

The hackers responsible for the July 15 attack called Twitter employees posing as company IT workers and tricked them into giving up their login credentials for the social network\u2019s internal tools, the state\u2019s Department of Financial Services said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The findings were part of the agency\u2019s report<\/a> on its investigation into the hack, which offered one of the most detailed public accounts yet of the scam that broke into the Twitter accounts of celebrities and politicians such as Joe Biden, Elon Musk and Kanye West.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven that Twitter is a publicly traded, $37 billion technology<\/a> company, it was surprising how easily the hackers were able to penetrate Twitter\u2019s network and gain access to internal tools allowing them to take over any Twitter user\u2019s account,\u201d regulators wrote in the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, the hackers used basic techniques more akin to those of a traditional scam artist: phone calls where they pretended to be from Twitter\u2019s Information Technology department,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

The agency found no evidence that Twitter\u2019s employees knowingly helped the hackers, and some of them reported the suspicious calls to the company\u2019s fraud monitoring team, according to the report.<\/p>\n

But state regulators faulted Twitter for lacking basic cybersecurity protections at the time of the attack, such as a chief information security officer and \u201cadequate access controls and identity management\u201d \u2014 measures that are required under New York\u2019s cybersecurity regulation.<\/p>\n

The report also calls for new regulations that would designate big social media firms as \u201csystemically important,\u201d similar to existing rules for significant banks and other financial institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial media platforms have quickly become the leading source of news<\/a> and information, yet no regulator has adequate oversight of their cybersecurity,\u201d Financial Services Superintendent Linda Lacewell said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe fact that Twitter was vulnerable to an unsophisticated attack shows that self-regulation is not the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Twitter said it cooperated with the state\u2019s review and with law-enforcement officials investigating the hack. Authorities have charged three people \u2014 including a Florida teenager \u2014 in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco-based company also announced efforts last month to tighten up access to its internal tools and better track down suspicious activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtecting people\u2019s privacy and security is a top priority for Twitter, and it is not a responsibility we take lightly,\u201d a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. \u201c\u2026 We have been continuously investing in improvements to our teams and our technology that enable people to use Twitter securely. This work is constant and always evolving.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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