the Attackers took advantage of vulnerability in Twitter, "having stolen" a number considered to be securities accounts. Among them was the account @God, registered in 2007. According to Business Insider, the vulnerability manifested in the recovery algorithm of password: when you try to restore it displayed the full email address and not partially hidden by asterisks, as usual.

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the Attackers took advantage of vulnerability in Twitter, "having stolen" a number considered to be securities accounts. Among them was the account @God, registered in 2007. According to Business Insider, the vulnerability manifested in the recovery algorithm of password: when you try to restore it displayed the full email address and not partially hidden by asterisks, as usual.

In some circumstances, when the address registration expired, the attacker could re-register it, reset the password and get control over your account. No option is excluded and with the so-called social engineering, when the criminals find out all the needed information about the victim detours.

it is Noted that user @God usually publishes jokes and humorous images, however now the style has changed. In addition to "God", was stolen and other accounts, in particular @Emoji, @miracles, @Vagina, @nudes, @3o and several others. To date, the vulnerability is fixed, however, the administration of Twitter has not yet commented on the incident.

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