Twitter says Facebook, Messenger accounts hacked

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Twitter says Facebook, Messenger accounts hacked

 

FILE PHOTO: The Twitter and Facebook logo along with binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

 

(Reuters) - Twitter confirmed on Friday that the official Twitter accounts of social media giant Facebook Inc <FB.O> and its Messenger platform were hacked.

 

A Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the accounts were hacked 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 Twitter spokesperson said.

 

Separately, Facebook also confirmed that some of its official social media accounts were hacked on Friday.

 

"Some of our corporate social accounts were briefly hacked but we have secured and restored access," Facebook spokesman Joe Osborne said.

 

The account of Twitter Inc <TWTR.N> Chief Executive Jack Dorsey was hacked in August, allowing an unauthorized person to send public tweets including racial slurs and curse words to his 4 million followers before Twitter secured the account.

 

(Reporting by Amal S and Rebekah Mathew in Bengaluru; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Kenneth Maxwell)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-08

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[Assurancetourix]

it jostles me one without moving the other ..
It really is non-information!

I don't have any of these useless things that are useless except to waste your time in a virtual world ...

[TheDark]

It is really best for all to stop using Facebook. Facebook is lame. Twitter is far more quirky and fun. 

[khunPer]

4 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

I don't have any of these useless things that are useless except to waste your time in a virtual world ...

Yes, Thaivisa forum can easily do the waste-job without Facebook and Twitter extensions...

[stevenl]

5 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

it jostles me one without moving the other ..
It really is non-information!

I don't have any of these useless things that are useless except to waste your time in a virtual world ...

Yes, your detest for social media is apparent from your appearance here on tvf social media.

 

And you don't use it so it is non-information?