Hackers downloaded data of 8 accounts in cyber attack this week, none of these were verified accounts: Twitter

01:00:00 PM, Saturday 18th of July 2020 | in technology

Social media platform Twitter has revealed that hackers were able to download account information of eight accounts using the company's 'Your Twitter Data' tool. This tool provides an archive of an account's Twitter data, including tweets and direct messages. However, Twitter didn't reveal the identity of these accounts but mentioned none of them were verified account. Hackers were able to hack 130 accounts.