Hack the account of the creator of Twitter and publish racist messages | Chronic

Authorities of the social network Twitter reported Friday that the account of the Executive Chairman Jack Dorsey had been "Fiancé" after a series of erratic and offensive messages have been published.

Tweets containing racial slurs and suggestions about a bomb appeared around 2000 GMT in the account @jack of the founder of the short message service before being deleted.

Some of the tweets contained the #ChucklingSquad hashtag, supposed to indicate the identity of the hacker group. The same calling card was left in the latest attacks by other social media personalities. The messages contained racial epithets and included a retweet of a message of support to Nazi Germany.

"We are aware that @jack was engaged and we are investigating what happened"said a spokesman for Twitter.

The San Francisco-based internet company posted an article on Twitter in the afternoon, in which it was stated that Dorsey's account was secure and that "Nothing indicates that Twitter systems have been compromised". It seemed that the tweets published in the Dorsey account by the hacker were active about half an hour before being deleted.

On Dorsey 's account was a tweet from the beginning of last year that said: "We are committed to using Twitter to help improve the collective health, openness and courtesy of public conversations and to hold ourselves accountable for progress.".

A series of comments drawn on the platform asked why the co-founder of Twitter had not secured his account with two-factor authentication, and how disturbing it was to say that the service was not intended to protect his own boss on the platform. . "If you can not protect Jack, you can not protect … Jack", joked a Twitter user.

Dorsey and Twitter act aggressively to eliminate offensive and inappropriate content as part of the "security". "This could be the only way to get rid of racist tweets on this platform.", commented a Twitter user.

What happened?

UK Security Consultant Graham Cluley He added that the incident had highlighted the importance of two-factor authentication, in which a user must confirm the account via an external service.

"Everyone must make sure that 2FA is enabled, use a unique pbadword and check the applications related to their accounts"tweeted Cluley.

"It's hard to say for the moment how he was compromised, but one of those reasons is more likely.". The cybersecurity researcher Kevin Beaumont said the account appeared to have been diverted "Through a third party called Cloudhopper, which Twitter acquired about 10 years ago and has access to its account".

Cloudhopper allows users to send tweets on their phones via SMS. The Hartford University Communication Professor, Adam ChiaraI was anxious to find out if the breach resulted from Dorsey's negligence or a security breach on Twitter.

"Although it's tempting to laugh at the irony, the real-world consequences do not make it funny"Chiara said about the piracy of Dorsey's account.

"Twitter can tell us that they are becoming more diligent with our privacy and our security, but actions speak louder than words.".

The incident has raised new concerns about how even the most important social media users can see their accounts compromised and use them to misinform, a point made by the Canadian member of Parliament. Michelle Rempel Garner.

"Between bots, trolls and abuse, I'm skeptical about @ Twitter as a viable platform for some time"wrote Rempel Garner.

"But the fact that the owner of the platform (@jack) took about 30 minutes to control his hacked account is very problematic and worries me as an elected.", synthesized.