Hackers read private messages of all 36 hacked Twitter accounts

The social network Twitter said that hackers viewed personal direct messages from 36 accounts that

hacked a week ago.Company employees did not disclose who they belonged to, but said that each of them had a million or more subscribers. The BBC publication notes that one of them belonged to a high-ranking official in the Netherlands.

Twitter said that after the incident, theytightened workplace safety. In addition, they have already determined exactly what actions the hackers did with the accounts - they passed this information to law enforcement agencies.

"We have implemented precautionary measures to increasesecurity of our internal systems and are cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation. We understand our responsibility and are committed to earning the trust of all stakeholders."

press service Twitter

Twitter internal investigationshowed that hackers, with the help of several employees, were able to gain access to their accounts and social network support tools. After that, they unnoticed for users dropped and changed the password for 45 accounts.

At the same time, Twitter believes that the hacking was madenot a professional hacker group. According to them, four young men who did not work together are behind the attack. Two hackers told the New York Times that they had a leader, but his motives are unknown. They were able to access the company's private Slack, where employees shared sensitive data.

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