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July 16, 2020, 2:35 PM
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[Thread] Twitter says a “coordinated social engineering attack” against employees with access to internal systems and tools allowed hackers to hijack accounts — Our investigation is still ongoing but here's what we know so far:
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BBC, Bloomberg, The Block, VICE, ZDNet, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, Fortune, CNBC, The Daily Dot, Malwarebytes Labs, NBC News, Protocol, Input, The Daily Hodl, BetaNews, CryptoGlobe, Engadget, Coinspeaker, and Fossbytes
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Sources share screenshots of an internal control panel they say Twitter workers use to interact with user accounts, which may have enabled account takeovers — After a wave of account takeovers, screenshots of an internal Twitter user administration tool are being shared in the hacking underground.
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Ars Technica, The Verge, CoinDesk, The Diff, Decrypt, CNET, Cointelegraph, Wired, Six Colors, forklog.media, Business Insider, BitcoinExchangeGuide, CoinGeek, HackRead, Engadget, CryptoGlobe, Senator Josh Hawley, CNBC, Bloomberg, Finbold, Crypto Briefing, SlashGear, SecurityWeek, ComputerWeekly.com, Android Authority, Lifehacker, MediaNama, Financial Times, Tech Xplore, and TechSpot
Tweets: @jason_koebler, @swiftonsecurity, @nash076, @karissabe, @imranzomg, @reckless, @kimcrayton1, and @markdice
| TechCrunch: |
Hackers pushing a crypto scam hijacked Twitter accounts for Bitcoin, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Ripple, Binance, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Apple, more — A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: the FBI is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hack — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading a federal inquiry into the Twitter hacking, two sources familiar with the situation said, after hackers seized control of accounts belonging to Joe Biden …
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and Android Headlines
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
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Tweets: @eastdakota, @wongmjane, @reckless, @derekmross, @ritajking, @nickbona, and @dabeard
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
EU's top court strikes down flagship EU-US data transfer mechanism Privacy Shield, in a ruling that could impact thousands of companies including Facebook — A highly anticipated ruling by Europe's top court has just landed — striking down a flagship EU-US data flows arrangement called Privacy Shield.
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Tweets: @eucourtpress, @maxschrems, @maxschrems, @juliesbrill, @tconnellyrte, @kierenmccarthy, @doctorow, @winklevoss, @marcrotenberg, @stevepeers, @sophieintveld, @tconnellyrte, @wolfiechristl, @narcaware, @jason_kint, @paulbernaluk, @europaulb, @alanbeattie, @linnetelwin, @hadas_gold, @paultang, @webdevlaw, and @baldingsworld
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will offer its game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud, for free to its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers in September — xCloud will get a new name and some bigger ambitions — Microsoft is planning to launch its game streaming service …
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Xbox Wire, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, Laptop Mag, Android Authority, AppleInsider, Protocol, PCWorld, Android Headlines, CNBC, Thurrott, Windows Experience Blog, GameSpot, Tom's Hardware, CCN.com, OnMSFT.com, Ars Technica, CNET, GamingBolt, 9to5Google, Windows Central, Pocketnow, Neowin, SlashGear, GeekWire, WinBuzzer, GamesIndustry.biz, USgamer.net, Kotaku, KnowTechie, Destructoid, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @imranzomg, @tocelot, @tomwarren, and @majornelson
| Wall Street Journal: |
US and UK say state-backed Russian hacking group APT 29 is responsible for ongoing cyberattacks against orgs involved in the development of coronavirus vaccines — Targets include universities, private companies and other organizations working on vaccine research and testing globally
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UK NCSC, Bloomberg, Financial Times, BBC, New York Times, ZDNet, BBC, UK Parliament, GOV.UK, BleepingComputer, MIT Technology Review, CyberScoop, us-cert.cisa.gov, The Hill, Axios, DataBreaches.net, Dark Reading, The Guardian, HealthITSecurity, Reuters, and CNBC
Tweets: @ericgeller, @apolyakova, @tombossert, and @tomgara
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
T-Mobile announces ScamShield, a free service to block robocalls for all T-Mobile, Metro, and Sprint customers — T-Mobile announced Thursday it will offer ScamShield, a free scam-blocking service to all T-Mobile, Metro and Sprint customers. — Why it matters: Robocalls remain the scourge … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter unveils a new, fully rebuilt developer API with features like conversation threading, poll results in tweets, and pinned tweets, launching next week — Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday's sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it's continuing to move forward … | Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
Facebook adds screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android apps — The next time you're video chatting with a friend on your Facebook Messenger mobile app, you'll be able to quickly share your screen. Today, Facebook added screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android mobile apps.
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Messenger News, Android Police, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, and CNET
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it will launch Instagram Reels, its answer to TikTok, in the US, UK, Japan, Mexico, and ~50 other countries in the coming weeks — Instagram confirmed it's preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video feature …
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NBC News, The Verge, The Next Web, PYMNTS.com, Associated Press, Adweek, MSPoweruser, KnowTechie, and The Media Nut
Tweets: @dylanbyers, @iamsamgould, @harry_jerry, @navalang, @caseynewton, @niubi, @hshaban, @lululemew, @cjmordock, @jesselehrich, @stevemullis, and @joshsternberg
| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
EU launches a sweeping antitrust inquiry into how tech giants might be using voice assistants like Siri and Alexa to restrict access to data — - Vestager warns that voice assistants may offer less choice — Some 400 firms to be quizzed, EU to present results in 2021
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CNET, Reuters, TechHive, Thurrott, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, Apple Must, iMore, AppleInsider, Wccftech, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @realdanstoller
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's Area 120 launches Shoploop, an interactive shopping app that's designed to introduce users to new products with short videos — Google's latest experiment is a video shopping platform designed to introduce consumers to new products in under 90 seconds.| Ryan McCarthy / ProPublica: |
Analysis shows voting misinformation flourishes on Facebook: about 50% of top 50 posts that have mentioned voting by mail since April 1 were false or misleading — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
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TechCrunch. Tweets: @yaeleisenstat, @randfish, @samanthajpower, @dseetharaman, and @mikehposner
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky tells employees that the company's IPO plans are back on track, despite the COVID-19 pandemic — After a financial hit from the pandemic, the San Francisco company said business was starting to return from its nose-dive. — SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb has resumed …
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches a new livestreaming option for influencers on its Amazon Live service, a home shopping network-style video feed on Amazon's retail site — Amazon is giving live streamers a new way to earn commissions on purchases of products showcased in their streams.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google debuts a major update to Gmail for G Suite, bringing integrations with Chat, Meet, Rooms, Docs, and more, coming first to G Suite's early adopter program — Google is launching a major update to its G Suite productivity tools today that will see a deep integration of Gmail, Chat …
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Google Cloud Blog, Axios, OnMSFT.com, ZDNet, Laptop Mag, and Fossbytes
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Instagram is rolling out a redesigned shopping hub with collections, a carousel of brands, and curated selections from Instagram's own @Shop account — It'll be available globally “in the coming weeks.” — 7m ago … You might have noticed that Instagram has an area called ‘Shop.’ It's accessible … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Facebook says it is tying employee diversity and inclusion to bi-annual performance reviews for some executives at the VP level and higher — - Facebook is now factoring how well its executives do with diversity and inclusion within their organizations when it comes to their bi-annual performance reviews.Thanks:@sal19
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Drover, a UK-based car subscription marketplace, raises £20.5M led by new investors Target Global, RTP Global, and Autotech Ventures — The future of transportation is in a moment of flux, and that continues to provide opportunities for startups to build solutions provide new ways … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
IBM's X-Force security team says it has obtained five hours of screen recordings from Iran-linked hacking group ITG18 that were uploaded to an exposed server — IBM's X-Force security team obtained five hours of APT35 hacking operations, showing exactly how the group steals data from email accounts—and who it's targeting.| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Instacart sues Uber-owned Cornershop, one of the largest delivery apps in Latin America, alleging theft of product images, descriptions, and pricing info — Grocery delivery app Cornershop stole intellectual property, lawsuit claims — Grocery delivery app Instacart is suing Cornershop … Sponsor Posts
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