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Hackers take over official Facebook Twitter accounts
The Hill ^ | 02 07 2020 | Tal Axelrod

Posted on 02/07/2020 5:57:45 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Hackers attacked two of Facebook’s official Twitter accounts Friday night.

The official Twitter account @Facebook and that of its messaging app, @Messenger, posted identical messages shortly before 7 p.m. Friday evening saying, “Hi, we are O u r M i n e. Well, even Facebook is hackable but at least their security better than Twitter.”

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to The Hill the two accounts were hacked, saying they were attacked “through a third-party platform.”

“As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised accounts and are working closely with our partners at Facebook to restore them,” the spokesperson said.

The messages were ultimately removed from Twitter.

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1 posted on 02/07/2020 5:57:45 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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Trump did it.


2 posted on 02/07/2020 6:01:44 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: yesthatjallen
I am wondering if this was the cause of not being able to post or respond to any tweets earlier today.

If I was a betting man, I would say yes

3 posted on 02/07/2020 6:19:23 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: yesthatjallen

And so (for just a little while) Fakebook was run better.


4 posted on 02/07/2020 6:46:29 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: yesthatjallen

I can relate. Just the other day some POS got into 3 of my social media / streaming accounts. Fortunately all three have algorithms in place that recognized the unusual logins/activity and locked them down. (props to Hulu, impressive) I went through all my online accounts and changed all passwords as a matter of principle. Pain in the backside.


5 posted on 02/07/2020 7:08:02 PM PST by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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It’s a toss up between - I am interested in hearing first hand what they have to say vs the irritation I get from the stress of their banter.
Because I just can’t stand them, I won’t watch it.


6 posted on 02/07/2020 7:49:05 PM PST by HollyB
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Sorry wrong thread


7 posted on 02/07/2020 7:50:01 PM PST by HollyB
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