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Twitter Says Olympics, IOC Accounts Hacked Through Third Party Platform

Twitter Says Olympics, IOC Accounts Hacked Through Third-Party Platform

The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for Twitter said.

By Reuters | Updated: 17 February 2020 09:53 IST

Twitter Says Olympics, IOC Accounts Hacked Through Third-Party Platform

IOC said it was investigating the potential breach

Highlights

The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform
Twitter locked the compromised accounts
The company said it is working to restore the accounts

Twitter said on Saturday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) media Twitter account had been hacked and temporarily locked.

The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social media platform said in an emailed statement, without giving further details.

"As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we locked the compromised accounts and are working closely with our partners to restore them," the Twitter spokesperson said.

A spokesperson for the IOC separately said that the IOC was investigating the potential breach.

Last month, the official Twitter accounts of several US National Football League (NFL) teams, including the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, were hacked a few days ahead of the Super Bowl.

Earlier this month, some of Facebook's official Twitter accounts were briefly compromised.

© Thomson Reuters 2020

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