Government Issues Notice to Twitter After Recent Hack

The government has demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers.

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 18 July 2020 18:49 IST

Government Issues Notice to Twitter After Recent Hack

Cyber attackers recently hacked into the Twitter accounts of global high profile users

Highlights

CERT-In has asked for no.of Indian users to have visited malicious tweets
The cybersecurity firm asked whether affected users were informed
The government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited

India's cybersecurity nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full details of the recent global hack targeting high-profile users, as it sought complete information on number of Indian users affected as well as impact on data, a source said.

The source privy to the development told PTI that CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of users from India who have visited the malicious tweets and links, and whether the affected users have been informed by the platform about unauthorised access to their Twitter accounts.

The government has also demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the attack and sought details of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the impact of the hacking incident. Twitter was not immediately available for comments.

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