For the first time in its history, Twitter has warned about the possibility of cyber attacks sponsored by states. The social network of tweets sent up this morning to a large group of users with a note that they have been informed of the risk telematics. To be hit would be a small group of accounts, but were not given more information about possible perpetrators, they would nevertheless aim theft of email addresses and phone numbers.
In practice, those who received the warning They may have seen compromises anonymity and security of their IP addresses and more. The company, meanwhile, said he was still investigating the incident. It is not the first time that Twitter warns its customers against potential flaws in the system: in 2012, for example, warnings about possible leaks related password to access the social network had been sent to more than 200 thousand people. But this is the first time it is brought up even a state.
The first notices were sent already last Friday, and Twitter continued to diramarli for the whole weekend. Typically, hackers supported by States are more sophisticated and equipped with the best tools. As noted by the Financial Times, which first revealed the news of cyber attacks, these are used to conduct espionage and possession of material subject to intellectual property. One example is the Syrian Electronic Army, which had previously targeted the accounts of some newspapers and Skype to spread false news.
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