This article was published on August 30, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has been hacked


Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account has been hacked

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s had his account hacked. Several tweets have been sent from his verified @Jack account, many of them containing racist epithets, threats, and extortion demands.

 

At approximately 12:45 PST today, tweets coming from the account seemed to be the work of either a hacker or a disgruntled employee. The attack appears to be a coordinated effort between several accounts, with many of those participating being immediately banned. 

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At this time it’s unknown if this is a prank or if threats contained in the messages are real. As of 1:15 PST (about 30 minutes after the first tweet) the offending tweets have been deleted. We’ve reached out to Twitter for more information and will update this post as necessary.

Update 1:25 PST: The attack was reportedly initiated by someone with access to software from a third party company that Twitter’s worked with:

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