Twitter last week began warning some of its members that they may be the target of a state-sponsored attack on their accounts. Coldhak posted to its Twitter account a copy of the warning it received. It’s among a small number of accounts that state-sponsored actors may be targeting in an attempt to obtain information such as email addresses, IP addresses and phone numbers, Twitter warned. There’s no evidence the actors obtained Coldhak’s account information, said Twitter, which is investigating the matter.
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Twitter Alerts Users to State-Sponsored Cyberattack Threat
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 15, 2015 01:56 PMTwitter last week began warning some of its members that they may be the target of a state-sponsored attack on their accounts. Coldhak posted to its Twitter account a copy of the warning it received. It’s among a small number of accounts that state-sponsored actors may be targeting in an attempt to obtain information such as email addresses, IP addresses and phone numbers, Twitter warned. There’s no evidence the actors obtained Coldhak’s account information, said Twitter, which is investigating the matter.