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(Reuters) – Twitter said Wednesday that hackers who violated their systems last week likely read direct messages from 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands.
In tweets to his support account and an updated blog post, Twitter said it had no indication that private messages were obtained from any other elected officials.
Twitter previously said attackers tweeted from 45 “verified” accounts, including ones belonging to household names like CEOs Elon Musk and Bill Gates and former Vice President Joe Biden.
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When asked by Reuters if the 36 accounts where the messages could have been read included verified accounts, Twitter said it would not respond.
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In general, someone with the ability to tweet from an account could also read previously sent or received messages that have not been deleted.
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That would make it likely that some of the world’s most famous people had private messages read by hackers in general. The FBI is investigating the case from its San Francisco office.
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Twitter previously said that the attackers downloaded bulk data from eight accounts, none of them accounts verified with blue checks that include famous people, officials and some in the media.
The download tool does not provide access to Twitter messages, a spokeswoman said.
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For the accounts they gained access to, the company said hackers would have been able to see the phone numbers and email addresses, but not the old passwords.
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(Report by Joseph Menn in San Francisco; Richard Pullin Edition)
