The 2020 Twitter Hack -- So Many Lessons to Be Learned

Autor/inn/en	Witman, Paul D.; Mackelprang, Scott
Titel	The 2020 Twitter Hack -- So Many Lessons to Be Learned
Quelle	In: Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2021 (2022) 2, Artikel 2 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2472-2707
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Social Media; Computer Security; Crime Prevention; Computer Software; Risk Management; Confidentiality; Victims; Law Enforcement; Public Opinion; Business + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Computervirus; Computersicherheit; Risikomanagement; Victim; Opfer; Gesetzesvollzug; Öffentliche Meinung; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft
Abstract	In mid-July 2020, the social media site Twitter had over 100 of its most prominent user accounts start to tweet requests to send Bitcoin to specified Bitcoin wallets. The requests promised that the Bitcoin senders would receive their money back doubled, as a gesture of charity amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The attack appears to have been carried out by a small group of hackers, leveraging social engineering to get access to internal Twitter support tools. These tools allowed the hackers to gain full control of the high-profile user accounts and post messages on their behalf. The attack provides many paths for investigation into the prevention, response, and impacts of cybersecurity breaches. (As Provided).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01