Government Issues Notice to Twitter After Recent Hack

India’s cybersecurity nodal company CERT-In has issued a discover to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full particulars of the latest world hack focusing on high-profile customers, because it sought full data on variety of Indian customers affected in addition to affect on knowledge, a supply stated.

The supply aware of the event advised PTI that CERT-In has additionally requested Twitter for data on variety of customers from India who’ve visited the malicious tweets and hyperlinks, and whether or not the affected customers have been knowledgeable by the platform about unauthorised entry to their Twitter accounts.

The authorities has additionally demanded data of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the assault and sought particulars of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the affect of the hacking incident. Twitter was not instantly obtainable for feedback.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) swung into motion after reviews that hackers gained entry to Twitter’s techniques to hack accounts of many world company leaders, politicians, celebrities and companies.

Cyber attackers had hacked into the Twitter accounts of worldwide excessive profile customers – together with former US President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden in addition to many company leaders together with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk – on Wednesday in a purported Bitcoin rip-off.

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