Potential Twitter hacker ID’d

July 17, 2020

Krebs on Security has identified a Twitter account —@shinji — as having tweeted out screenshots of the social media site’s internal tools prior to Wednesday’s attack on the accounts of high-profile individuals, including former President Barack Obama. The Twitter account of the potential hacker is tied to a SIM swapper group that takes advantage of weaknesses in two-factor authentication procedures to take over the accounts of others.

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