Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s hacked account sends racist tweets
The Twitter account of the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jack Dorsey was hacked and briefly hijacked on Friday afternoon.
Shortly after the incident, Twitter said, “We’re aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened.”
We’re aware that @jack was compromised and investigating what happened. — Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) August 30, 2019
However, Twitter regained control of Dorsey’s account within 30 minutes, and said that his “account is now secure, and there is no indication that Twitter’s systems have been compromised.”
Twitter attributed fault for the hack to Dorsey’s unnamed mobile operator for the incident. “The phone number associated with the account was compromised due to a security oversight by the mobile provider,” the company said in a statement.
“This allowed an unauthorized person to compose and send tweets via text message from the phone number. That issue is now resolved.”
All the tweets have been deleted and they are all gone now. Twitter also suspended accounts that the hacker or hackers retweeted while they had control of Dorsey’s account.
The tweets sent from Dorsey’s account indicated that a group called “Chuckling Squad” was likely responsible and tweeted: “#ChucklingSquad get it trending for the Twitter password.”
The Chuckle Squad appears to be the same group that attacked a number of YouTube celebrities last week on Twitter, including beauty vlogger James Charles, Shane Dawson, and comedian King Bach. The hackers also allegedly gained access to Gmail account of deceased Desmond Amofah, a popular YouTube personality also known as Etika.
