⁍ Twitter revealed late Friday night that hackers had downloaded personal data from up to eight of the accounts targeted in this week’s massive hack.
⁍ The company said these eight accounts were not verified accounts, meaning the most high-profile figures impacted by this week’s hack have not been found to have their data downloaded.
⁍ However, it’s unclear if their data, including private messages, was accessed in other ways.

– Twitter says up to eight of the 130 or so accounts compromised in this week’s massive hack had personal data downloaded, including private messages, from a tool that included an archive of private messages, CNN reports. The company says these eight accounts were not verified accounts, meaning the most high-profile figures affected by the hack have not been found to have their data downloaded. However, it’s unclear if their data, including private messages, was accessed in other ways. The staggering hack compromised accounts belonging to VIPs ranging from former President Obama and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to billionaire businessmen Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. The influential accounts were used to promote a Bitcoin scam. Twitter’s massive hack could be even worse than it seems As bad as the security incident was, some cybersecurity experts and policymakers had worried the scam might mask a much more troubling data breach involving the personal communications of some of the world’s most powerful people. Twitter’s latest update could ease that particular concern, though the company has not said precisely what information, if any, might have been accessed through verified accounts. The company also said Friday night that several of its employees had been targeted by the hackers to gain access to internal systems.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/15/business/bunkers-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html