The FBI has launched an investigation into the attack, saying the motivation appeared to be ‘cryptocurrency fraud’
Twenty-four hours after a major security breach at Twitter saw the verified accounts of world leaders, celebrities, and corporate brands hijacked to publish fraudulent messages, few things were clear about the hack except this: it could have been much, much worse.
“Imagine this happening the night before the election,” said Bruce Schneier, a prominent security technologist and fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. “It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to go, ‘Wow!’”
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