Recently, hackers launched what appears to have been a coordinated phishing attack targeting Twitter employees. Within hours, the hackers gained control of the accounts of 130 prominent users, including Elon Musk, former President Barack Obama, and presidential candidate Joe Biden. Save for apparent heightened security protocols reserved exclusively for him, President Trump’s account might have been compromised too. Given the president’s penchant for making policy and diplomatic pronouncements via personal tweet, the consequences of this attack could have been dire.
Thankfully, Twitter’s hackers seem to be non-state actors, more interested in soliciting Bitcoin payments in the style of supposed Nigerian princes than disrupting American diplomacy, markets, or elections.
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