Skip to main content

Trump's Twitter account was reportedly unaffected by Wednesday's massive hack because Twitter has given it 'extra protection' (TW)

* President Donald Trump's Twitter account was not compromised in Wednesday's security breech because it has "extra protection," according to a report from The New York Times. * The account was given special protection after "past incidents," The Times reports. In 2017, a Twitter contractor deleted Trump's account for 11 minutes on the person's last day of work. * Wednesday's hack targeted powerful politicians, executives, and celebrities in a coordinated Bitcoin scam. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. President Donald Trump was unaffected by Wednesday's massive Twitter hack, and it appears to be because the president's account is protected. The New York Times' Mike Isaac, Sheera Frenkel, and Kate Conger report that Trump's account was not compromised in the security breech because it had "extra protection after past incidents," citing a senior White House official and a Twitter employee who spoke with The Times. A Twitter representative told Business Insider that the company did not comment on the security of individual accounts and that Twitter worked quickly to lessen the number of accounts affected during the attack. The White House does not comment on security protocols and procedures, a spokesperson told Business Insider. Any protections on Trump's account most likely came after a customer-support worker who was a contractor for Twitter shut down Trump's account for 11 minutes on the person's last day of work in 2017. The incident called into question Twitter's ability to protect the accounts of its highest-profile users. Wednesday's attack, which targeted powerful politicians, moguls, and celebrities including Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, and Kim Kardashian, compromised 130 accounts, according to Twitter. The hackers took over the accounts, asking followers to send payments to Bitcoin accounts in a giveaway scam that appears to have netted them more than $100,000. Twitter blamed a coordinated social-engineering attack, in which hackers manipulate victims to get them to hand over passwords or information about internal networks. SEE ALSO: Twitter says 'social engineering' led to the massive hack that targeted high-profile accounts like Barack Obama and Jeff Bezos. Here's what the technique involves and how to avoid it. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Pathologists debunk 13 coronavirus myths
https://bit.ly/3fFnVk3

Popular posts from this blog

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck London fintech Lanistar used to raise $19 million at a $190 million valuation

* London-based fintech startup Lanistar has raised a £15 million ($19 million) funding round from Milaya Capital.  * Founded in 2019, Lanistar is building a personal financial management platform that will launch later in 2020.  * "We're expecting a huge amount of growth upon our launch and have already seen strong interest among our sign ups," Gurhan Kiziloz, founder and CEO of Lanistar, told Business Insider. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.  The coronavirus lockdown in the UK has brought the importance of managing money into sharp relief. A recent study from Money.com shows that 71% of UK households have saved cash during lockdown, and, with uncertainty about jobs and the economy looming, money management is now front of mind for many. Lanistar, a banking platform with a focus on personal finance, is one company offering tools for consumers to better manage their money. It has just raised a £15 million ($19 million) funding round from Mil...
Read more

How a trusted investor saved Attentive CEO Brian Long from building a 'disaster'

* Attentive is a buzzy New York ad tech startup. * But it might never have been born if investor Scott Friend, a partner with Bain Capital Ventures, hadn't told founder and CEO Brian Long that his original idea for the company was mediocre. * Friend and Long had met and grew to trust one another when Friend invested in Long's previous startup, TapCommerce, which sold to Twitter for $100 million in 2014. * Long had VCs pounding down his door offering excellent terms for his second idea, he told Business Insider. He had the product built and a big customer. * But Friend convinced him that his idea wouldn't pan out in the long run, Friend told us. * Because Long trusted Friend, he listened and Attentive was born: a company that makes a mobile messaging app used by over 3,000 brands and organizations, including Coach, Sephora. * Here's how their friendship helped turn Attentive into a company that might "go on forever." * Visit Business Insider's homepa...
Read more

SpaceX has a 'go' from NASA to return 2 astronauts to Earth on Sunday as Hurricane Isaias threatens several Florida splashdown locations

* NASA on Saturday gave SpaceX a "go" to undock the company's first crewed space mission, called Demo-2, and land it on Sunday evening. * Hurricane Isaias complicated original plans to return two astronauts to Earth aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship in the Atlantic Ocean. * Elon Musk's aerospace company may now try to splash down NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley in the Gulf of Mexico. * Two out of seven total landing sites near Florida must have good weather conditions, and NASA has until about 5 p.m. ET on Saturday to call off the undocking. * Should the weather worsen, NASA and SpaceX can try again a day later or some other date over the next two months. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have a "go" to return to Earth this weekend and wrap up an historic space mission for both NASA and SpaceX.  Behnken and Hurley launched to orbit aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon vehic...
Read more