social media account takeover
Hacking of the Twitter account of the Venezuelan news site Analítica.com
On June 30, 2016, the Twitter account of the Venezuelan news portal Analítica.com (@analitica), which had more than 80,200 followers, was hacked and hijacked. The attackers blocked access for the outlet’s social media team and successively changed the username to @datacaracas, @laboratorijhrva, @frazestranice, @d7893user, and @greeceloveplus, in addition to deleting recent posts. According to the outlet, Twitter’s representative for Latin America informed them via email that there was an intention to sell the account, and it is presumed that a hacker was hired to carry out the attack. Analítica regained control approximately 24 hours later, with Twitter’s intervention. The perpetrator has not been definitively identified.
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