Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was a victim of hacking on Friday. (Photo: theverge.com)
August 30, 2019
Account of Twitter CEO was hacked
It appears Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was a victim of hacking after unscrupulous persons gained access to his Twitter account on Friday.
According to the BBC, for about 30
minutes his account displayed tweets that suggested racism and other forms of
highly offensive language to his more than four million followers on the
platform.Â
It is said that hackers used a
technique called simjacking whereby they gained access to the phone number
linked to the account and used it to post messages on the account profile.
It was, however, dealt with in short
order, and Twitter has disclosed it was not at fault for the breach.
