Of course Xcretions are an ultra-reliabe source of investments tips for cryptocurrencies or anything else. Why would anyone look elsewhere?
X-ploited: Mandiant restores hijacked Twitter account after attempted crypto heist
Miscreants took over security giant Mandiant's Twitter account for several hours on Wednesday in an attempt to steal cryptocurrency, then trolled the Google-owned security shop, telling its admins to change the password. "We are aware of the incident that impacted the Mandiant X account and are conducting a thorough …
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Thursday 4th January 2024 23:49 GMT Anonymous Coward
Mandiant Twitter account compromised
“.. it's not a good look for what is arguably the leading threat intelligence and incident response firm ..”
Sep 2017: FireEye pulls Equifax boasts as it tries to handle hack fallout
Is there a bug in the Twitter login component or did Mandiant use an easy to guess password or did the miscreants perform a SIM swap?
“It does, however, seem very on-brand for the beleaguered microblogging platform that has been in a chaotic spiral, losing credibility and bleeding cash since Musk took over in April 2022.”
And you were doing so well :(
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Friday 5th January 2024 09:16 GMT Big_C
Assuming that the X account is managed by the marketing department /contractor security is maybe not as complex as with other parts of the company.
Which is not real excuse, of course.
What does X offer as account security? Only 2FA? Or can companies/government user get better options?
Special client apps that include workflows for tweet management and offer better crypto secured access to send them out?
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