TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teen identified as the mastermind of scheme that gained control of Twitter accounts of politicians, celebrities and technology moguls has pleaded not guilty to multiple ...

LONDON — A man convicted over a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-profile figures, including former President Barack Obama, has been ordered to repay $5.4 million worth of Bitcoin, ...

On Tuesday afternoon, just as the week of the big-brand Twitter hack was getting as old as it was useful to the "victims," the Twitter feeds of BET and MTV — both owned by the media conglomerate ...

Twitter has long been rumored to be building a way for direct messages (DMs) on the platform to use end-to-end encryption, but in the wake of an eye-opening hack early this week, calls for a more ...

On Wednesday, Twitter fell victim to hackers who used a “coordinated social engineering attack” to compromise some of Twitter’s highest-profile accounts—including those belonging to Barack Obama, Elon ...

Security experts say Twitter's security systems need to be strengthened. April 24, 2013 — -- It can be said in the length of a single tweet: When a 140-character message can lead to national ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said ...

Several National Weather Service Twitter accounts were shut down Wednesday night as a line of severe weather and possible tornadoes moved across the Midwest. Typically the accounts are used to send ...

The hacker then sent documents about company plans and finances, confidential contracts, and job applicants to two tech-news blogs, TechCrunch, in Silicon Valley, and Korben, in France. There was also ...

A web camera is seen in front of the displayed words "Hacked Account" in this illustration taken October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) - A man ‌convicted over a 2020 ...

Golden Girls to the rescue! Following yet another vicious online attack, Leslie Jones has made her triumphant return to Twitter after a two-and-a-half-week hiatus, revealing how she's been getting ...

Illustration shows a web camera and displayed words "Hacked Account" LONDON (Reuters) -A man convicted over a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-profile figures including former U.S.