Another case of a data breach makes headlines and this time it's at Twitter. A hacker named "Ryushi" has demanded $200,000 to hand over the data of 400 million users including some celebrities, and politicians.&nbsp;A probe has been launched by Ireland's watchdog. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said that it "will examine Twitter's compliance with data protection law in relation to that security issue".

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According to BBC, in the online post the hacker&nbsp;warned Twitter that to avoid buying a large data protection fine is to buy the data &nbsp;"exclusively".

The details include email addresses and phone numbers of users, including some celebrities and politicians.&nbsp;

The sale of hacked data was first raised by Hudson Rock, a cybercrime intelligence company. A firm's chief technology officer told BBC that a number of clues appeared to support the hacker's claim.&nbsp;

The chief further claimed that this breach is different from the one in March as the details of almost 5.4 million Twitter accounts were published.&nbsp;

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The hacker has said that the data was breached and compiled by taking an advantage of a problem with the system that lets computer programmes connect with Twitter.&nbsp;

The DPC announced that it was investigating the earlier breach on December 23.&nbsp;According to media reports, the hacker is aware of the loss and damage the data can do.&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

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Another case of a data breach makes headlines and this time it's at Twitter. A hacker named "Ryushi" has demanded $200,000 to hand over the data of 400 million users including some celebrities, and politicians.

Another case of a data breach makes headlines and this time it's at Twitter. A hacker named "Ryushi" has demanded $200,000 to hand over the data of 400 million users including some celebrities, and politicians. A probe has been launched by Ireland's watchdog. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) said that it "will examine Twitter's compliance with data protection law in relation to that security issue". Also read | Yearender 2022: Events that happened this year that no one saw coming According to BBC, in the online post the hacker warned Twitter that to avoid buying a large data protection fine is to buy the data "exclusively". The details include email addresses and phone numbers of users, including some celebrities and politicians. The sale of hacked data was first raised by Hudson Rock, a cybercrime intelligence company. A firm's chief technology officer told BBC that a number of clues appeared to support the hacker's claim. The chief further claimed that this breach is different from the one in March as the details of almost 5.4 million Twitter accounts were published. Also read | ByteDance finds former TikTok employees hacked data of two US journalists The hacker has said that the data was breached and compiled by taking an advantage of a problem with the system that lets computer programmes connect with Twitter. The DPC announced that it was investigating the earlier breach on December 23. According to media reports, the hacker is aware of the loss and damage the data can do. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE

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A Florida teenager has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians and celebrities last year, and scamming people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin.

Graham Ivan Clark pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges as part of a deal with Hillsborough County prosecutors. He was then tried in state court instead of federal court because he was 17 at the time of the crimes.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, the 18-year-old was the mastermind behind the scheme to take over prominent Twitter accounts and send tweets seeking Bitcoin payments.&nbsp;

During the high-profile security breach on July 15 last year, tweets were sent from the accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.&nbsp;

Celebrities Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also targeted.

A Florida teenager has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians and celebrities last year, and scamming people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin.

A Florida teenager has been sentenced to three years in prison for hacking the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians and celebrities last year, and scamming people around the globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. Graham Ivan Clark pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges as part of a deal with Hillsborough County prosecutors. He was then tried in state court instead of federal court because he was 17 at the time of the crimes. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the 18-year-old was the mastermind behind the scheme to take over prominent Twitter accounts and send tweets seeking Bitcoin payments. During the high-profile security breach on July 15 last year, tweets were sent from the accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Celebrities Kanye West and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, were also targeted.

Florida teen sent to three years in jail for hacking Twitter accounts of Biden, Gates, Kim Karashian

Tech giant&nbsp;Twitter has annouced&nbsp;changes in its&nbsp;hacking policy after trying to bury&nbsp;a controversial story about US presidential Democratic candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden.

Twitter&nbsp;policy chief Vijaya Gadde tweeted that the company has made the decision after receiving&nbsp;feedback on its enforcement earlier.

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Twitter and&nbsp;Facebook had&nbsp;limited the online distribution of a New York Post article on Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

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Facebook reduced how often the story shows up in users' news feeds and elsewhere on the platform, an action spokesman Andy Stone said the company takes temporarily pending fact checker review "if we have signals that a piece of content is false."

The New York Post story stated&nbsp;that Hunter Biden tried introducing a top executive of a Ukrainian firm to his father Joe Biden. Hunter Biden worked for this firm.

Spokesperson for Biden campaign defended Joe Biden and Hunter Biden by saying that there was "no wrongdoing" on part of Joe Biden. He added that New York Post never reached out to Biden campaign for their response on this.

US President Donald Trump had congratulated The New York post and condemned the social media titans for the step.

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"So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of “Smoking Gun” emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the&nbsp;@NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!" tweeted Trump.

However, despite the changes in the 'hacking materials' policy,&nbsp;the New York Post story would still be blocked.

A company spokesman said the stories would still be blocked for "violating the rules on private personal information."

Twitter's Chief Executive&nbsp;Jack Dorsey said&nbsp;blocking New York Post article without context was wrong.

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Tech giant Twitter has annouced changes in its hacking policy after trying to bury a controversial story about US presidential Democratic candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden.

Tech giant Twitter has annouced changes in its hacking policy after trying to bury a controversial story about US presidential Democratic candidate Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden. Twitter policy chief Vijaya Gadde tweeted that the company has made the decision after receiving feedback on its enforcement earlier. So, what’s changing? 1. We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them 2. We will label Tweets to provide context instead of blocking links from being shared on Twitter — Vijaya Gadde (@vijaya) October 16, 2020 × Twitter and Facebook had limited the online distribution of a New York Post article on Joe Biden and his son Hunter. Also read: Trump fumes as Facebook, Twitter limit reach of 'smoking gun' article on Biden and his son Facebook reduced how often the story shows up in users' news feeds and elsewhere on the platform, an action spokesman Andy Stone said the company takes temporarily pending fact checker review "if we have signals that a piece of content is false." The New York Post story stated that Hunter Biden tried introducing a top executive of a Ukrainian firm to his father Joe Biden. Hunter Biden worked for this firm. Spokesperson for Biden campaign defended Joe Biden and Hunter Biden by saying that there was "no wrongdoing" on part of Joe Biden. He added that New York Post never reached out to Biden campaign for their response on this. US President Donald Trump had congratulated The New York post and condemned the social media titans for the step. Congratulations to the @nypost for having exposed the massive corruption surrounding Sleepy Joe Biden and our Country. He’s always been a corrupt politician. Disgraceful! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15, 2020 × "So terrible that Facebook and Twitter took down the story of “Smoking Gun” emails related to Sleepy Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, in the @NYPost. It is only the beginning for them. There is nothing worse than a corrupt politician. REPEAL SECTION 230!!!" tweeted Trump. However, despite the changes in the 'hacking materials' policy, the New York Post story would still be blocked. A company spokesman said the stories would still be blocked for "violating the rules on private personal information." Twitter's Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said blocking New York Post article without context was wrong. Straight blocking of URLs was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to fix. Our goal is to attempt to add context, and now we have capabilities to do that. https://t.co/ZLUw3YD887 — jack (@jack) October 16, 2020 ×

Twitter changes policy on hacking after Biden censorship expose fiasco

A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a massive hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn.

The purpose of the hearing was to discuss reducing bail terms set for the 17-year-old Tampa resident arrested last Friday over the hack last month of the accounts of major US celebrities.

But the interruptions with music, shrieking and pornography became so frequent that Judge Christopher Nash ended up suspending it for a while, the Tampa Bay Times said.

Hackers accessed dozens of Twitter accounts of people such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk, after gaining access to the system with an attack that tricked a handful of employees into giving up their credentials.

Bail for the 17 year old was set for $725,000 and in the hearing his lawyers were seeking to reduce it.

In the end, judge Nash ruled against reducing the youth's bail.

He was arrested along with two others, aged 19 and 22, one of whom lives in Britain, and was charged with cyber fraud.

The hack affected at least 130 accounts, with tweets posted by the usurpers duping people into sending $100,000 in Bitcoin, supposedly in exchange for double the amount sent.

A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a massive hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn. The purpose of the hearing was to discuss reducing bail terms set for the 17-year-old Tampa resident arrested last Friday over the hack last month of the accounts of major US celebrities.

A court hearing held via Zoom for a US teenager accused of masterminding a massive hack of Twitter was interrupted Wednesday with rap music and porn. The purpose of the hearing was to discuss reducing bail terms set for the 17-year-old Tampa resident arrested last Friday over the hack last month of the accounts of major US celebrities. But the interruptions with music, shrieking and pornography became so frequent that Judge Christopher Nash ended up suspending it for a while, the Tampa Bay Times said. Hackers accessed dozens of Twitter accounts of people such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk, after gaining access to the system with an attack that tricked a handful of employees into giving up their credentials. Bail for the 17 year old was set for $725,000 and in the hearing his lawyers were seeking to reduce it. In the end, judge Nash ruled against reducing the youth's bail. He was arrested along with two others, aged 19 and 22, one of whom lives in Britain, and was charged with cyber fraud. The hack affected at least 130 accounts, with tweets posted by the usurpers duping people into sending $100,000 in Bitcoin, supposedly in exchange for double the amount sent.

Porn video, rap music interrupt US court hearing for accused Twitter hacker

Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands.

In tweets from its support account and an updated blog post, Twitter said it had no indication that the private messages of any other elected officials were obtained.

Twitter previously said the attackers tweeted from 45 "verified" accounts, including those belonging to such well-known names as CEOs Elon Musk and Bill Gates and former Vice President Joe Biden.

Asked by Reuters if the 36 accounts where messages might have been read included any verified accounts, Twitter said it would not answer.

In general, someone with the ability to tweet from an account would also be able to read previously sent or received messages that had not been deleted.

That would make it likely that some of the most famous people in the world had private messages read by hackers still at large. The FBI is investigating the case from its San Francisco office.

Twitter previously said that the attackers downloaded mass data from eight accounts, none of them the verified accounts with blue checks that include famous people, officials and some in the media.

The downloading tool does not provide access to Twitter messages, a spokeswoman said.

For accounts they won access to, the company said the hackers would have been able to see phone numbers and email addresses but not previous passwords.

Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands.

Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands. In tweets from its support account and an updated blog post, Twitter said it had no indication that the private messages of any other elected officials were obtained. Twitter previously said the attackers tweeted from 45 "verified" accounts, including those belonging to such well-known names as CEOs Elon Musk and Bill Gates and former Vice President Joe Biden. Asked by Reuters if the 36 accounts where messages might have been read included any verified accounts, Twitter said it would not answer. In general, someone with the ability to tweet from an account would also be able to read previously sent or received messages that had not been deleted. That would make it likely that some of the most famous people in the world had private messages read by hackers still at large. The FBI is investigating the case from its San Francisco office. Twitter previously said that the attackers downloaded mass data from eight accounts, none of them the verified accounts with blue checks that include famous people, officials and some in the media. The downloading tool does not provide access to Twitter messages, a spokeswoman said. For accounts they won access to, the company said the hackers would have been able to see phone numbers and email addresses but not previous passwords.

Twitter says hackers saw messages from 36 accounts, including Netherlands official

The domestic intelligence and security service of the United States FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking of major companies and individuals, as more Washington lawmakers raised alarms about the breach of high-profile accounts on the social media platform.

FBI probes mega Twitter hack

Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified accounts.

The company said the unidentified attackers targetted 130 accounts, and were able to reset passwords to take control of 45 of them and tweet from those accounts.

Hackers accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, former US President Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk and used them to solicit digital currency.

Publically available blockchain records show the apparent scammers received more than $100,000 worth of cryptocurrency.

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In the attack that occurred on Wednesday, Twitter said hackers were able to view personal information including email addresses and phone numbers of the 130 targeted accounts, but unable to view previous account passwords.

"In cases where an account was taken over by the attacker, they may have been able to view additional information", Twitter said in the statement without specifying the type of information accessed.

Hackers may have also attempted to sell the user names of some of the accounts, it said. 
The high-profile accounts that were hacked also included rapper Kanye West, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the corporate accounts for Uber and Apple.

In its latest statement, Twitter said attackers "manipulated a small number of employees" to gain access to the internal support tools used in the hack.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/technology/twitter-accounts-of-jeff-bezos-elon-musk-bill-gates-and-others-hit-in-major-hack-313558">Also read |&nbsp;Twitter accounts of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others hit in major hack</a>

The company said it was holding back some of the details of the attack as it continues its investigation and reiterated that it was working with impacted account owners.

The FBI's San Francisco division is leading an inquiry into the hacking, with many Washington lawmakers also calling for an account of how it happened.

Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified accounts.

Twitter Inc said on Saturday that hackers were able to download account information for up to eight accounts involved in the hack of its systems this week, but said none of them were verified accounts. The company said the unidentified attackers targetted 130 accounts, and were able to reset passwords to take control of 45 of them and tweet from those accounts. Hackers accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack some of the platform's top voices including US presidential candidate Joe Biden, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, former US President Barack Obama and billionaire Elon Musk and used them to solicit digital currency. Publically available blockchain records show the apparent scammers received more than $100,000 worth of cryptocurrency. Also read | Twitter hack was work of young hacker pals, says report In the attack that occurred on Wednesday, Twitter said hackers were able to view personal information including email addresses and phone numbers of the 130 targeted accounts, but unable to view previous account passwords. "In cases where an account was taken over by the attacker, they may have been able to view additional information", Twitter said in the statement without specifying the type of information accessed. Hackers may have also attempted to sell the user names of some of the accounts, it said. The high-profile accounts that were hacked also included rapper Kanye West, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and the corporate accounts for Uber and Apple. In its latest statement, Twitter said attackers "manipulated a small number of employees" to gain access to the internal support tools used in the hack. Also read | Twitter accounts of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and others hit in major hack The company said it was holding back some of the details of the attack as it continues its investigation and reiterated that it was working with impacted account owners. The FBI's San Francisco division is leading an inquiry into the hacking, with many Washington lawmakers also calling for an account of how it happened.

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