The hacks of tech industry heavyweights continues, as Twitter CEO and Co-Founder Jack Dorsey became the latest victim having both his both his Twitter and Vine accounts apparently busted.
According to The Guardian, the attacks were carried on by the same group OurMine Security, which defaced social media accounts belonging to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai.
The hackers posted the same message saying, “Testing your security,” which it did in other previous attacks. However, this time around, the OurMine also released some Vine videos using Jack Dorsey’s account, which were then posted to his Twitter feed.
According to reports, the hackers carried on with similar tactics, as Twitter platform itself was not breached. It was revealed that the hackers could have gained access to Vine, and then used their access there to post to the main feed.
Meanwhile, Twitter stated that it does not “comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons,” it told the daily.
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