Cybersecurity
Twitter Blames Mobile Carrier for Dorsey’s Vulgar Account Hack
- None of the four major U.S. carriers has taken responsibility
- Company deleted offensive tweets after more than 20 minutes
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Twitter Inc. blamed Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey’s mobile phone carrier for a hack of his Twitter account that sent out a stream of offensive tweets on Friday.
“The phone number associated with the account was compromised due to a security oversight by the mobile provider,” Twitter said in a comment posted by spokesman Brandon Borrman late Friday.