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‘Tough day for us at Twitter’: Twitter unmutes most blue checks after bitcoin scammer hack, says ‘functionality may come & go’ | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
The majority of the verified accounts that were silenced by Twitter as it dealt with its most prominent hack to date – allegedly by bitcoin scammers – have been unlocked, the site said, noting that the issue is not yet resolved. | |
“Most accounts should be able to Tweet again. As we continue working on a fix, this functionality may come and go. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible,” Twitter said in a statement. | “Most accounts should be able to Tweet again. As we continue working on a fix, this functionality may come and go. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible,” Twitter said in a statement. |
Multiple media organizations, businesses, Twitter pundits, celebrities and other blue checks that were affected by the Twitter lockdown heaved a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday evening, at last able to tweet again after being gagged for several hours as the platform sought a fix for the biggest hack in its history. | Multiple media organizations, businesses, Twitter pundits, celebrities and other blue checks that were affected by the Twitter lockdown heaved a collective sigh of relief on Wednesday evening, at last able to tweet again after being gagged for several hours as the platform sought a fix for the biggest hack in its history. |
It’s unclear how the hackers were able to compromise so many verified accounts at once, considering such high-profile ‘victims’ as Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, and Michael Bloomberg are supposed to have two-factor authentication. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the company has yet to figure out precisely what went wrong. | |
“Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened. We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened,” he said. | “Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened. We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened,” he said. |
The lack of clarity over the nature of the hack has given rise to speculation as to how the hackers broke into these supposedly well-protected accounts. One popular theory is that they gained access to an internal employee panel, which allowed them to change and/or disable the multi-factor identification system. | |
Twitter has so far remained silent on these rumors. | |
While many verified accounts had to turn to their backup profiles, the impediment triggered celebration among those not bestowed with the coveted blue check mark. | |
“Now the journos are feeling what normal business owners felt during the lockdown,” one tweeted. | “Now the journos are feeling what normal business owners felt during the lockdown,” one tweeted. |
Some said the ‘blue check marks’ affected should ditch Twitter for good and just set up their own platform, or perhaps move to Parler, a US-based service launched in 2018 as an alternative to Twitter. The platform has grown especially popular among American conservatives. | |
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