Hack Brief: High-Profile Twitter Accounts Overrun With Swastikas
Hack Brief: High-Profile Twitter Accounts Overrun With Swastikas
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 20, 20174m 26s
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Show Notes
Last night, a swath of Twitter accounts with large followings—including Duke University, BBC North America, Forbes, and Amnesty International—tweeted out the same message, in Turkish, that included a swastika and hashtags that translate to “Nazi Germany, Nazi Holland.” The hacked accounts, which apparently stem from increasing vitriol between Turkey and Holland, appear to have all been restored.
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