Many verified Twitter accounts able to post again after hacking

Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked and used to solicit digital currency.

Reuters

July 16, 2020 / 12:04 PM IST

Twitter users with verified accounts started to be able to send tweets again at around 8.30 pm EDT, after the company had silenced some of its highest-profile users in response to an hours-long security incident.

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Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked and used to solicit digital currency.

Reuters

Tags: #Technology #Twitter #video #World News

first published: Jul 16, 2020 11:00 am

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Many verified Twitter accounts able to post again after hacking

Twitter had limited some users' ability to tweet, reset passwords and use other unspecified "account functions" after many of the platform's top accounts were hacked and used to solicit digital currency.