Twitter hackers busted 2FA to access accounts and then reset user passwords

Twitter has revealed more about the July 15 attack that saw several prominent accounts hijacked to promote a Bitcoin scam.

The Saturday, July 18 update admits “the attackers successfully manipulated a small number of employees and used their credentials to access Twitter’s internal systems, including getting through our two-factor protections.” You read that right: even 2FA failed.

The post continues: “As of now, we know that they accessed tools only available to our internal support teams to target 130 Twitter accounts. For 45 of those accounts, the attackers were able to initiate a password reset, login to the account, and send Tweets. We are continuing our forensic review of all of the accounts to confirm all actions that may have been taken. In addition, we believe they may have attempted to sell some of the usernames.”