The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its privacy policy informing its premium users that the company will collect their biometric data to curb fraud and prevent impersonation. Bloomberg first reported the news and […]
A U.K. citizen, who was involved in the attack on Twitter in 2020, was sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses. Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe (24), the hacker who was involved in the attacks on Twitter in 2020, was sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses. On November 2021, the […]
Twitter is rolling out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs), the security feature will be initially available for the verified users. Twitter is rolling out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs), the feature is initially limited to verified users or affiliates to a verified organization that are using the latest version of the app (iOS, Android, Web). The latest […]
A security problem caused the public sharing of private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to users outside of the Circle, the company admitted. Since August 2022, the Twitter Circle feature allows users to send tweets to a restricted circle of users, these messages are not visible to Twitter users outside the Circle. As reported by […]
Twitter has announced that the platform will allow using the SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers. To date, Twitter has offered three methods of 2FA: text message, authentication app, and security key. However, the company has announced that it will limit the use of SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) only to its Blue subscribers. The […]
Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake. Global internet monitor NetBlocks reported that network data confirm that Twitter has been restricted in Turkey in the aftermath of the earthquake. The data show that multiple internet providers in Turkey blocked the popular platform as of […]
Twitter said that its investigation revealed that users’ data offered for sale online was not obtained from its systems. Twitter provided an update on its investigation launched after data of 200 Million users were offered for sale online. The company has found “no evidence” that the data were obtained by hacking into its systems. Below […]
A database containing email addresses of 235,000,000 Twitter users has been offered on a popular hacker forum. A data leak containing email addresses for 235 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum. Many experts have immediately analyzed it and confirmed the authenticity of many of the entries in the huge leaked […]
A threat actor is claiming they have obtained data of 400,000,000 Twitter users and is offering it for sale. A threat actor claims they have obtained data of 400,000,000 Twitter users and is attempting to sell it. The seller claims the database is private, he provided a sample of 1,000 accounts as proof of claims […]
An ex Twitter employee has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for spying on individuals on behalf of Saudi Arabia. On august 2022, the former Twitter employee, Ahmad Abouammo (44), was found guilty of gathering private information of certain Twitter users and passing them to Saudi Arabia. Now Abouammo was has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years […]