Twitter says hackers accessed the DM inbox for up to 36 of the 130 high profile accounts targeted in last week's attack
Last week's hack of over 100 very high-profile Twitter accounts did in fact expose the direct messages of many of those accounts, the company admitted today …
TechCrunch Devin Coldewey
Related Coverage
- Twitter says hackers viewed 36 accounts' private messages BBC
- Twitter hackers accessed direct messages of up to 36 accounts The Guardian
- Steve Wozniak sues YouTube for allowing scammers to use his name and likeness 9to5Mac · Ben Lovejoy
- Twitter hackers read private messages of 36 high-profile accounts BleepingComputer · Sergiu Gatlan
- Twitter apologizes for massive hack as revenue slumps, users soar CNET
- Hackers accessed Twitter DMs from 36 accounts in bitcoin scam attack CyberScoop · Jeff Stone
- Hackers obtained Twitter DMs for 36 high-profile account holders Ars Technica · Dan Goodin
- Twitter: Hackers Accessed Private Messages for Elite Accounts Threatpost · Elizabeth Montalbano
- Twitter Says Direct Messages Breached in 36 of 130 Hack Victims Bloomberg · Kartikay Mehrotra
- Twitter says hackers accessed Dutch politician's inbox Associated Press
- Twitter says hackers likely had access to direct messages of 36 users in last week's attack The Hill · Tal Axelrod
- Was The CryptoForHealth Twitter Hack Good For Bitcoin? Bitcoin Magazine · Peter Chawaga
- Twitter Says DMs of 36 High-Profile Users Were Affected by Last Week's Hack iPhone in Canada Blog · Christopher Baugh
- Twitter hackers slid into more DMs than previously known Mashable · Jack Morse
- Twitter has released new data about last week's massive hack Input · Matthew Wille
- Twitter says hackers accessed the DMs of one elected official in last week's attack The Verge · Jay Peters
- Hackers Who Hijacked Twitter Accounts to Promote a Bitcoin Scam Saw DMs from 36 Accounts CryptoGlobe · Francisco Memoria
- Crypto Hoodlums Who Breached Twitter Also Cracked Users' DM InsideBitcoins.com · Jimmy Aki
- Twitter: DMs Were Accessed in Last Week's Attack Newser · Arden Dier
- Twitter says at least one elected official had DMs accessed during breach Windows Central · Stephen Warwick
- Twitter Confirms that DMs of 36 High Profile Users Were Affected by Hack Coinspeaker · Benjamin Godfrey
- Dear Twitter, can we get encrypted DMs already? The Next Web · Abhimanyu Ghoshal
- Twitter says private messages accessed in cyber attack Financial Times · Hannah Murphy
- Twitter hackers got into direct messages of users, including a government official SiliconANGLE · James Farrell
- Twitter Says Hackers Accessed DM Inboxes in Recent Attack SecurityWeek · Ionut Arghire
- DMs of 36 high-profile Twitter accounts accessed in breach AppleInsider · Mikey Campbell
- Twitter Hackers Saw DMs From 36 Accounts, Including CoinDesk's CoinDesk · Nikhilesh De
- Twitter admits DMs of 36 high-profile accounts got hacked SlashGear · Ewdison Then
- Twitter Says Hackers Accessed the Direct Messages of 36 Accounts in Last Week's Breach MacRumors · Juli Clover
- Twitter confirms DMs were accessed in last week's major hack Digital Trends · Trevor Mogg
- Twitter confirms one elected official had DMs accessed in hack Engadget · Karissa Bell
- Twitter hackers accessed DMs of 36 victims, including one elected official The Block · Yogita Khatri
- The Most-Ignored Data Security Practice: A Lesson From Twitter's Data Breach Nightmare Security Boulevard · Delphix
- Twitter says hackers accessed DMs during mass attack Axios · Rashaan Ayesh
- Twitter Says Hackers Accessed Direct Messages of 36 Victims, Including an Elected Official NBC Bay Area
- Twitter revenue falls 19% in Q2 2020, monetizable users rise 34% VentureBeat · Paul Sawers
- Twitter hackers accessed direct messages of 36 accounts, company says CNN · Brian Fung
- Twitter Q2 misses on sales of $683M, loss per share of $0.16 as Covid-19 takes its toll TechCrunch · Ingrid Lunden
- Twitter reports strong user growth in Q2 as ad revenue plummets Axios · Sara Fischer
- Twitter sees record surge in user numbers Engadget · Daniel Cooper
- World in isolation, a surge of new users for Twitter Associated Press
- Twitter shares rise on record yearly growth in daily users Reuters
- Users flock to Twitter during pandemic but ad revenues fall Financial Times · Tim Bradshaw
- Twitter Reports Record User Growth, Explores Subscriptions Bloomberg · Kurt Wagner
- Twitter misses quarterly ad sales estimates while usage surges Reuters · Katie Paul
- Twitter's Dorsey addresses massive hack as revenue slumps CNET
- Twitter Adds More Users, but Revenue and Profit Fall Wall Street Journal · Sarah E. Needleman
- Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) Reports 34% Jump in Monetizable Users, Revenue Recovery Inbound Wccftech · Sam Reynolds
Discussion
-
@twittersupport
@twittersupport
on x
We believe that for up to 36 of the 130 targeted accounts, the attackers accessed the DM inbox, including 1 elected official in the Netherlands. To date, we have no indication that any other former or current elected official had their DMs accessed.
-
@leokelion
Leo Kelion
on x
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders confirms Twitter has told him that DMs were sent from his hacked account, and that he has concerns for the safety of some of those who messaged him https://www.bbc.co.uk/...
-
@sethweathers
Seth Weathers
on x
So we're about to find out who @elonmusk's weed dealer is? My money is on @joerogan https://twitter.com/...
-
@briannawu
Brianna Wu
on x
Important update to this story. Can we all agree it's time for Twitter to enable end to end encryption for DMs? Something Twitter doesn't have the keys to access can't be stolen at Twitter. https://twitter.com/...
-
@zackwhittaker
Zack Whittaker
on x
Also more. Twitter says hackers accessed DMs for as many as 36 of the 130 high profile accounts targeted in last week's attack. When I asked Twitter last week, it declined to say if hackers had accessed DMs. https://techcrunch.com/...
-
@kfile
Andrew Kaczynski
on x
I don't understand why you can't purge all your DMs like email or have them disappear like Snapchat or Instagram. This was obviously going to happen. https://twitter.com/...
-
@twittersupport
@twittersupport
on x
Our investigation continues, but we wanted to share more specifics about what the attackers did with the accounts they accessed. Following a complete review of all targeted accounts, here is more detail on what we know today:
-
@thekarami
Arash Karami
on x
I've really been wanting to delete my dms like how telegram allows you to delete both sides, not just yours. can someone at twitter make that happen? https://twitter.com/...
-
@elanazak
Elana Zak
on x
Jack Dorsey confirms Twitter is exploring a subscription model https://www.cnn.com/...
-
@emzanotti
Emily Zanotti
on x
There is no way in hell I'm paying for this garbage site. https://twitter.com/...
-
@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
on x
Twitter says (again) it's looking at subscription options https://www.cnn.com/...
-
@aynrandpaulryan
Holly Figueroa O'Reilly
on x
Are they going to add an edit feature? Because I'd pay for an edit feature. https://twitter.com/...
-
@lachlan
Lachlan Markay
on x
Who wouldn't want to pay *gestures broadly* for this https://twitter.com/...
-
@gelliottmorris
G. Elliott Morris
on x
My Twitter subscription model: Jack pays me $10 every time I draft a tweet and decide not to send it https://twitter.com/...
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
We're also in early stages of exploring add'l potential revenue products that complement our advertising business, which may include subscriptions & others. It is very early; we do not expect any revenue against these in 2020. $TWTR
-
@willoremus
Will Oremus
on x
he can't believe this website is free https://twitter.com/...
-
@megancgraham
Meg Graham
on x
Twitter ad revenue down 23% year-over-year in Q2 despite strong user growth https://www.cnbc.com/...
-
@shivsharma_5
Shiv Sharma
on x
This earnings should be enough to change narrative on $TWTR. Strong usage metrics and confirmation of subscription/e-commerce plans. Think stock trends up (and valuation re-rate) w big gaps on new rumors ... loosely similar to what $SPOT went through earlier this year https://twi…
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
Data licensing and other revenue totaled $121 million, an increase of 6% after a strong first half of renewals from many of our largest Data and Enterprise Solutions (DES) customers. We continue to expect this growth to moderate over the course of 2020. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
On mDAU: Growth continued to accelerate in Q2 & to be broad-based, with double-digit growth rates in all top 10 markets. We grew US mDAU by 24% and international mDAU by 37%. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
Total costs and expenses (which include cost of revenue and all operating expenses) grew to $807 million in Q2. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
Avg monetizable DAU grew 34% y/y to 186 million, driven by global conversation around current events & ongoing product improvements. This marks the highest quarterly y/y growth rate we've delivered since reporting mDAU growth. We have 20M more avg mDAUs in Q2'20 vs. Q1'20. $TWTR …
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
Total costs & expenses grew 5% y/y to $807 million, as we continue to balance targeted headcount growth w/ further reducing lower priority investments. We incurred an operating loss of $124 million. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
We ended Q2 with more than 5,200 employees worldwide, including approximately 60 from the CrossInstall acquisition. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
By region, Q2 US ad revenue was $283 million, a decrease of 25%, reflecting brand spend pauses related to the pandemic and US civil unrest. Int'l ad rev was $279 million, down 20%. Int'l markets typically have a higher mix of direct response, which overall performed better. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
On revenue: Total revenue was $683 million in Q2, down 19% due to a decline in advertising revenue across most markets. US revenue was $365 million, a decrease of 20%. Total int'l revenue was $319 million, a decrease of 18%. $TWTR
-
@twitterir
@twitterir
on x
We incurred an operating loss of $124 million, or -18% of total revenue, compared to operating income of $76 million or 9% for the same period in 2019. The decrease in year-over-year operating income is primarily due to lower revenue and higher personnel-related costs. $TWTR
-
@kurtwagner8
Kurt Wagner
on x
A few years ago, Twitter's lack of user growth was *the* story. Not anymore. Pretty dramatic turnaround. https://twitter.com/...
-
@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on x
Twitter grew mDAU by 34% and revenue is down 23% year over year. The revenue decline is surprising given Snap saw revenue grow 17% year over year for the same quarter. Must be an advertiser mix challenge (e.g. no summer movies advertising on Twitter ). https://www.cnbc.com/...