In a new update from Twitter, it revealed some new details and how hackers were able to reach an advanced level of user account management.

It told Twitter that hackers relied on social engineering through phone phishing.

This is a complex form of phishing where hackers target specific companies or individuals through phone calls.

During these calls, they may persuade the victim to hand over passwords or other information used to access internal Twitter tools.

I told Twitter yesterday:

The attack, which occurred on July 15, 2020, targeted a small number of employees with a phone phishing attack.

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This attack relied on large and concerted attempts to mislead some employees and exploit human weaknesses, to gain access to our internal systems.

The July 15, 2020 attack targeted a small number of employees with a phone phishing attack. This attack relied on a large and coordinated attempt to mislead some employees and exploit human vulnerabilities to gain access to our internal systems.

– Twitter Support (TwitterSupport) July 31, 2020

Twitter explained that after capturing data from employees, the hackers targeted other employees, eventually gaining access to what it calls “manager mode,” also known as the Twitter admin panel.

Twitter had previously reported that the hacking method was carried out in the manner of social engineering, without giving further details.

Twitter recalled and confirmed that more than 130 Twitter accounts were hacked, as hackers succeeded in sending a tweet to deceive followers of the hacked accounts, including those of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Not only did the Bitcoin scam, but the hackers gained access to the direct messages of 36 victims and downloaded the personal data of seven compromised accounts.

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Twitter and security lapses:

In the weeks following the Twitter attack, more security failures emerged on Twitter.

Last week, it emerged that more than 1,000 Twitter employees and even some third parties gained access to the platform’s so-called admin panel.

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Bloomberg previously revealed that in 2017 and 2018, some third parties collaborating with Twitter exploited fake support tickets to spy on the likes of singer Beyoncé, tracking her geo-location data and other personal information, but Twitter has denied this.

Modernization: According to the newspaper The New York Times The person behind the hack, a 17-year-old who lives in Tampa, Florida, was arrested, in addition to two other people who cooperated with him.

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