Update, 8:27PM ET: Added Twitter’s explanation that a cell carrier vulnerability allowed the hackers to send tweets via text message, and that’s how they were added to Dorsey’s account.
Twitter account hacker update#
The Verge has reached out to Twitter for more information about the specifics of the attack, and it will update if more information becomes available. ( OurMine also hacked other CEOs, such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai.) In 2016, the security firm OurMine hacked to send out a message about “testing your security.” The tweet also had a video and a link to OurMine’s website. Twitter said attackers were not able to access private information, such as previous account passwords, for the 'vast majority of people' targeted in the hack. “We will continue to monitor and investigate this incident.”ĭorsey’s account has been hacked before. “Encouraging any kind of hacking is in direct violation of our Terms of Service,” the representative said.
(The server invitation link tweeted out by the hackers no longer works.) “Both the server and the server owner were permanently removed from Discord within minutes of this being reported to us,” a Discord representative told The Verge. In addition to some ugly tweets, today’s hackers plugged a Discord server, asking people to join it. Riverdale’s Cole Sprouse also blamed a hack on his Twitter account on his “cell service provider.” It’s not clear if that was the same group. Other attacks that occurred on Twitter also resemble Chuckle Squad’s tactics. AT&T has not responded to a request for comment today. “We are working with law enforcement, have restored the customers’ service, and discussed ways to secure the account,” an AT&T spokesperson told The Verge after the previous Chuckle Squad attacks. At the time, many of the people who’d been affected suggested their accounts were breached following a SIM card swap conducted by AT&T employees. The hackers also allegedly gained access to the late Desmond “Etika” Amofah’s Gmail account, as seen by screenshots collected in their Discord server. Today’s hack appears to be from the same group that attacked a number of YouTube celebrities last week on Twitter, including beauty vlogger James Charles, Shane Dawson, and comedian King Bach. Looks like the hackers are Tweeting via the old SMS service. Cloudhopper was the name of the company Twitter acquired a long time ago to help bolster their SMS service. The Tweets are coming from a source called Cloudhopper.
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