<s>
On	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
between	O
20:00	O
and	O
22:00	O
UTC	O
,	O
reportedly	O
130	O
high-profile	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
were	O
compromised	O
by	O
outside	O
parties	O
to	O
promote	O
a	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
scam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
other	O
media	O
sources	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
perpetrators	O
had	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
administrative	O
tools	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
could	O
alter	O
the	O
accounts	O
themselves	O
and	O
post	O
the	O
tweets	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
appeared	O
to	O
have	O
used	O
social	O
engineering	O
to	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
tools	O
via	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scam	O
tweets	O
asked	O
individuals	O
to	O
send	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
currency	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
cryptocurrency	B-Protocol
wallet	I-Protocol
,	O
with	O
the	O
promise	O
of	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
user	O
that	O
money	O
sent	O
would	O
be	O
doubled	O
and	O
returned	O
as	O
a	O
charitable	O
gesture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
minutes	O
from	O
the	O
initial	O
tweets	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
320	O
transactions	O
had	O
already	O
taken	O
place	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
wallet	O
addresses	O
,	O
and	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
to	O
a	O
value	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
had	O
been	O
deposited	O
in	O
one	O
account	O
before	O
the	O
scam	O
messages	O
were	O
removed	O
by	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
cryptocurrency	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
at	O
around	O
20:00	O
UTC	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
of	O
Coinbase	O
,	O
CoinDesk	O
and	O
Binance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scam	O
then	O
moved	O
to	O
more	O
high-profile	O
accounts	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
such	O
tweet	O
sent	O
from	O
Elon	O
Musk	O
's	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
at	O
20:17	O
UTC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
apparently	O
compromised	O
accounts	O
included	O
those	O
of	O
well-known	O
individuals	O
such	O
as	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
,	O
Joe	O
Biden	O
,	O
Bill	O
Gates	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Bezos	O
,	O
MrBeast	O
,	O
Michael	O
Bloomberg	O
,	O
Warren	O
Buffett	O
,	O
Floyd	O
Mayweather	O
Jr.	O
,	O
Kim	O
Kardashian	O
,	O
and	O
Kanye	O
West	O
;	O
and	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Apple	O
,	O
Uber	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Cash	O
App	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
believed	O
130	O
accounts	O
were	O
affected	O
,	O
though	O
only	O
45	O
were	O
actually	O
used	O
to	O
tweet	O
the	O
scam	O
message	O
;	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
accounts	O
that	O
were	O
accessed	O
in	O
the	O
scam	O
had	O
at	O
least	O
a	O
million	O
followers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tweets	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
scam	O
hack	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
sender	O
,	O
in	O
charity	O
,	O
would	O
repay	O
any	O
user	O
double	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
any	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
they	O
sent	O
to	O
given	O
wallets	O
,	O
often	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
COVID-19	O
relief	O
effort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
such	O
"	O
double	O
your	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
"	O
scams	O
have	O
been	O
common	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
before	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
instance	O
of	O
them	O
being	O
sent	O
from	O
breached	O
high-profile	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
wallets	O
had	O
been	O
listed	O
at	O
these	O
websites	O
;	O
the	O
first	O
one	O
observed	O
had	O
received	O
from	O
over	O
320	O
transactions	O
,	O
valued	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
about	O
removed	O
from	O
it	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
second	O
had	O
amounts	O
in	O
only	O
the	O
thousands	O
of	O
dollars	O
as	O
Twitter	B-Application
took	O
steps	O
to	O
halt	O
the	O
postings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unclear	O
if	O
these	O
had	O
been	O
funds	O
added	O
by	O
those	O
led	O
on	O
by	O
the	O
scam	O
,	O
as	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
scammers	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
add	O
funds	O
to	O
wallets	O
prior	O
to	O
starting	O
schemes	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
scam	O
seem	O
legitimate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tweets	O
were	O
labelled	O
as	O
having	O
been	O
sent	O
using	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
Web	B-Application
app	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
phrases	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
scam	O
was	O
tweeted	O
more	O
than	O
3,000	O
times	O
in	O
the	O
space	O
of	O
four	O
hours	O
,	O
with	O
tweets	O
being	O
sent	O
from	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
linked	O
to	O
many	O
different	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reused	O
phrasing	O
allowed	O
Twitter	B-Application
to	O
remove	O
the	O
offending	O
tweets	O
easily	O
as	O
they	O
took	O
steps	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
scam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
21:45	O
UTC	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
released	O
a	O
statement	O
saying	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
aware	O
of	O
a	O
security	O
incident	O
impacting	O
accounts	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
"	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
taking	O
steps	O
to	O
fix	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
afterwards	O
,	O
it	O
disabled	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
some	O
accounts	O
to	O
tweet	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
reset	O
their	O
password	O
;	O
Twitter	B-Application
has	O
not	O
confirmed	O
which	O
accounts	O
were	O
restricted	O
,	O
but	O
many	O
users	O
with	O
accounts	O
Twitter	B-Application
had	O
marked	O
as	O
"	O
verified	O
"	O
confirmed	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
tweet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
three	O
hours	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
scam	O
tweets	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
reported	O
they	O
believed	O
they	O
had	O
resolved	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
affected	O
accounts	O
to	O
restore	O
credentials	O
to	O
their	O
rightful	O
owners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
night	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
CEO	O
Jack	O
Dorsey	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
tough	O
day	O
for	O
us	O
at	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
one	O
cryptocurrency	O
exchange	O
,	O
Coinbase	O
,	O
blacklisted	O
the	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
addresses	O
to	O
prevent	O
money	O
from	O
being	O
sent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
also	O
suspected	O
that	O
thirty-six	O
other	O
accounts	O
had	O
their	O
direct	O
messages	O
accessed	O
but	O
not	O
downloaded	O
including	O
Dutch	O
Parliament	O
Representative	O
Geert	O
Wilders	O
,	O
but	O
believed	O
no	O
other	O
current	O
or	O
former	O
elected	O
official	O
had	O
their	O
messages	O
accessed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bloomberg	O
News	O
,	O
after	O
investigation	O
with	O
former	O
and	O
current	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
,	O
reported	O
that	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
1500	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
and	O
partners	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
admin	O
tools	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
for	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
reset	O
accounts	O
as	O
had	O
been	O
done	O
during	O
the	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
had	O
told	O
Bloomberg	O
that	O
even	O
as	O
late	O
as	O
2017	O
and	O
2018	O
,	O
those	O
with	O
access	O
would	O
make	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
using	O
these	O
tools	O
to	O
track	O
famous	O
celebrities	O
though	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
visible	O
through	O
the	O
tools	O
alone	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
elements	O
like	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
and	O
geolocation	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Twitter	B-Application
spokesperson	O
told	O
Bloomberg	O
that	O
they	O
do	O
use	O
"	O
extensive	O
security	O
training	O
and	O
managerial	O
oversight	O
"	O
to	O
manage	O
employees	O
and	O
partners	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
"	O
no	O
indication	O
that	O
the	O
partners	O
we	O
work	O
with	O
on	O
customer	O
service	O
and	O
account	O
management	O
played	O
a	O
part	O
here	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
members	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
security	O
departments	O
stated	O
that	O
since	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
alerted	O
to	O
the	O
potential	O
from	O
an	O
inside	O
attack	O
and	O
other	O
cybersecurity	O
measures	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
were	O
put	O
aside	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
more	O
revenue-generating	O
initiatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Twitter	B-Application
was	O
working	O
to	O
resolve	O
the	O
situation	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
Vice	O
was	O
contacted	O
by	O
at	O
least	O
four	O
individuals	O
claiming	O
to	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
scam	O
and	O
presented	O
the	O
website	O
with	O
screenshots	O
showing	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
Twitter	B-Application
administrative	O
tool	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
agent	O
tool	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
allowed	O
them	O
to	O
change	O
various	O
account-level	O
settings	O
of	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
compromised	O
accounts	O
,	O
including	O
confirmation	O
emails	O
for	O
the	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
hackers	O
told	O
Vice	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
paid	O
insiders	O
at	O
Twitter	B-Application
to	O
get	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
administrative	O
tool	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
pull	O
this	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
this	O
report	O
,	O
attackers	O
scraped	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
in	O
search	O
for	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
likely	O
to	O
have	O
administrator	O
privileges	O
account-holder	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
attackers	O
obtained	O
these	O
employees	O
 '	O
cell	O
phone	O
numbers	O
and	O
other	O
private	O
contact	O
information	O
via	O
paid	O
tools	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
makes	O
available	O
to	O
job	O
recruiters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
choosing	O
victims	O
for	O
the	O
next	O
stage	O
,	O
attackers	O
contacted	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
,	O
most	O
who	O
were	O
remote	O
working	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
information	O
from	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
and	O
other	O
public	O
sources	O
,	O
pretended	O
to	O
be	O
Twitter	B-Application
personnel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Attackers	O
directed	O
victims	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
a	O
fake	O
internal	O
Twitter	B-Application
VPN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
bypass	O
two-factor	O
authentication	O
,	O
attackers	O
entered	O
stolen	O
credentials	O
into	O
the	O
real	O
Twitter	B-Application
VPN	O
portal	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
within	O
seconds	O
of	O
the	O
employees	O
entering	O
their	O
info	O
into	O
the	O
fake	O
one	O
"	O
,	O
asked	O
victims	O
for	O
the	O
two-factor	O
authentication	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
TechCrunch	O
source	O
,	O
this	O
member	O
"	O
Kirk	O
"	O
had	O
reportedly	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
administrative	O
tool	O
likely	O
through	O
a	O
compromised	O
employee	O
account	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
initially	O
offering	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
any	O
account	O
on	O
request	O
,	O
switched	O
strategies	O
to	O
target	O
cryptocurrency	O
accounts	O
starting	O
with	O
Binance	O
and	O
then	O
higher-profile	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
did	O
not	O
believe	O
Kirk	O
had	O
paid	O
a	O
Twitter	B-Application
employee	O
for	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
@6	O
"	O
Twitter	B-Application
had	O
belonged	O
to	O
Adrian	O
Lamo	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
maintaining	O
the	O
account	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
Lamo	O
's	O
family	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
group	O
that	O
performed	O
the	O
hack	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
bypass	O
numerous	O
security	O
factors	O
they	O
had	O
set	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
account	O
,	O
including	O
two-factor	O
authentication	O
,	O
further	O
indicating	O
that	O
the	O
administrative	O
tools	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
bypass	O
the	O
account	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spokespersons	O
for	O
the	O
White	B-Application
House	I-Application
stated	O
that	O
President	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
's	O
account	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
target	O
,	O
had	O
extra	O
security	O
measures	O
implemented	O
at	O
Twitter	B-Application
after	O
an	O
incident	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
was	O
not	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
scam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vices	O
and	O
TechCrunch	O
sources	O
were	O
corroborated	O
by	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
who	O
spoke	O
to	O
similar	O
persons	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
events	O
,	O
and	O
from	O
other	O
security	O
researchers	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
given	O
similar	O
screens	O
,	O
and	O
tweets	O
of	O
these	O
screens	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
,	O
but	O
Twitter	B-Application
removed	O
these	O
since	O
they	O
revealed	O
personal	O
details	O
of	O
the	O
compromised	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OGUsers	O
members	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
gain	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
 '	O
Slack	B-Protocol
communications	O
channel	O
where	O
information	O
and	O
authorization	O
processes	O
on	O
accessing	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
servers	O
while	O
remote	O
working	O
had	O
been	O
pinned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
subsequently	O
confirmed	O
that	O
the	O
scam	O
involved	O
social	O
engineering	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
We	O
detected	O
what	O
we	O
believe	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
coordinated	O
social	O
engineering	O
attack	O
by	O
people	O
who	O
successfully	O
targeted	O
some	O
of	O
our	O
employees	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
internal	O
systems	O
and	O
tools.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
taking	O
further	O
steps	O
to	O
lock	O
down	O
the	O
verified	O
accounts	O
affected	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
said	O
they	O
have	O
also	O
begun	O
an	O
internal	O
investigation	O
and	O
have	O
limited	O
employee	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
system	O
administrative	O
tools	O
as	O
they	O
evaluate	O
the	O
situation	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
if	O
any	O
additional	O
data	O
was	O
compromised	O
by	O
the	O
malicious	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
affirmed	O
what	O
had	O
been	O
learned	O
from	O
these	O
media	O
sources	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
attackers	O
successfully	O
manipulated	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
employees	O
and	O
used	O
their	O
credentials	O
to	O
access	O
Twitter	B-Application
's	O
internal	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
getting	O
through	O
our	O
two-factor	O
protections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
had	O
been	O
able	O
to	O
further	O
confirm	O
by	O
July	O
30	O
that	O
the	O
method	O
used	O
was	O
what	O
they	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
phone	O
spear	O
phishing	O
attack	O
"	O
:	O
they	O
initially	O
used	O
social	O
engineering	O
to	O
breach	O
the	O
credentials	O
of	O
lower-level	O
Twitter	B-Application
employees	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
admin	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
using	O
those	O
employee	O
accounts	O
,	O
engaged	O
in	O
additional	O
social	O
engineering	O
attacks	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
credentials	O
to	O
the	O
admin	O
tools	O
from	O
employees	O
who	O
did	O
have	O
authorization	O
for	O
their	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Senate	O
Select	O
Committee	O
on	O
Intelligence	O
also	O
planned	O
to	O
ask	O
Twitter	B-Application
for	O
additional	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
hack	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
committee	O
's	O
vice-chair	O
Mark	O
Warner	O
stated	O
"	O
The	O
ability	O
of	O
bad	O
actors	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
prominent	O
accounts	O
,	O
even	O
fleetingly	O
,	O
signals	O
a	O
worrisome	O
vulnerability	O
in	O
this	O
media	O
environment	O
,	O
exploitable	O
not	O
just	O
for	O
scams	O
but	O
for	O
more	O
impactful	O
efforts	O
to	O
cause	O
confusion	O
,	O
havoc	O
and	O
political	O
mischief	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UK	O
's	O
National	O
Cyber	O
Security	O
Centre	O
said	O
its	O
officers	O
had	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
regarding	O
the	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screenshots	O
from	O
the	O
forum	O
show	O
various	O
users	O
on	O
the	O
forum	O
offering	O
to	O
hack	O
into	O
Twitter	B-Application
accounts	I-Application
at	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Krebs	O
stated	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
members	O
might	O
have	O
been	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
August	O
2019	O
takeover	O
of	O
Twitter	B-Application
CEO	O
Jack	O
Dorsey	O
's	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Biden	O
's	O
campaign	O
stated	O
to	O
CNN	B-Architecture
that	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
in	O
touch	O
with	O
Twitter	B-Application
on	O
the	O
matter	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
his	O
account	O
had	O
been	O
"	O
locked	O
down	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
temporarily	O
disabled	O
its	O
Twitter	B-Application
carousel	O
in	O
its	O
search	O
feature	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
these	O
security	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
incident	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
stock	O
price	O
fell	O
by	O
4%	O
after	O
the	O
markets	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
stock	O
price	O
ended	O
at	O
$36.40	O
,	O
down	O
38	O
cents	O
,	O
or	O
0.87	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alex	O
Stamos	O
of	O
Stanford	O
University	O
's	O
Center	O
for	O
International	O
Security	O
and	O
Cooperation	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Twitter	B-Application
has	O
become	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
platform	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
discussion	O
among	O
political	O
elites	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
real	O
vulnerabilities.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Twitter	B-Application
chose	O
to	O
delay	O
the	O
rolling	O
out	O
of	O
its	O
new	O
API	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
aftermath	O
of	O
the	O
security	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
September	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
stated	O
they	O
had	O
put	O
new	O
protocols	O
in	O
place	O
to	O
prevent	O
similar	O
social	O
engineering	O
attacks	O
,	O
including	O
heightening	O
background	O
checks	O
for	O
employees	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
key	O
user	O
data	O
,	O
implementing	O
phishing-resistant	O
security	O
keys	O
to	O
use	O
this	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
having	O
all	O
employees	O
involved	O
in	O
customer	O
support	O
participate	O
in	O
training	O
to	O
be	O
aware	O
of	O
future	O
social	O
engineering	O
scams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Twitter	B-Application
incident	O
,	O
Steve	O
Wozniak	O
and	O
seventeen	O
others	O
initiated	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Google	B-Application
the	O
following	O
week	O
,	O
asserting	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
did	O
not	O
take	O
sufficient	O
steps	O
to	O
remove	O
similar	O
Bitcoin	B-Protocol
scam	O
videos	O
posted	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
that	O
used	O
his	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
plaintiffs	O
 '	O
names	O
,	O
fraudulently	O
claiming	O
to	O
back	O
the	O
scam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wozniak	O
's	O
complaint	O
identified	O
that	O
Twitter	B-Application
was	O
able	O
to	O
act	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
while	O
he	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
plaintiffs	O
 '	O
requests	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
had	O
never	O
been	O
acted	O
upon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
hired	O
Rinki	O
Sethi	O
as	O
CISO	O
and	O
VP	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
after	O
the	O
breach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
20	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Hulu	B-Application
aired	O
the	O
5th	O
episode	O
of	O
"	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
Presents	O
"	O
series	O
entitled	O
"	O
The	O
Teenager	O
Who	O
Hacked	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
"	O
which	O
details	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
this	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
