Twitter

On the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election, Twitter was full of disinformation campaigns ran by bots or fake accounts. Twitter was disproportionately hit compared to other social media platforms, but why? Twitter is the most open social media platform which makes it an attractive platform for anyone who wants to share a message and have a…

Germany has been hit with the biggest hack in the country's history as personal data from more than 100 politicians is leaked. The leaked data was circulated from Twitter account @_0rbit from 1 December to 28 December 2018. The leaked data includes highly personal information about politicians such as email addresses, phone numbers, private chat…

Popular social media giant Twitter published a blog on Monday 17 December detailing how they have been hit with a minor data breach that they believe is linked to a state-sponsored attack. Twitter had become aware of a vulnerability that affected one of their support forms. The bug, which was discovered in mid-November, has been exploited by…

Scammers have taken to Twitter to impersonate Elon Musk, earning them over 29 Bitcoins (approximately $180,000) in a day. The scam maliciously plays on the trust users put into verified Twitter accounts and high authority people within the industry. The attackers have hacked into verified Twitter accounts, changing the account name to "Elon…