Cybersecurity
Twitter Alerts Irish Privacy Regulator About Hacker Attack
- Cyber attack last week hit accounts of people like Musk, Biden
- Investigation continues as perpetrators still remain unknown
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Twitter Inc. has alerted a European Union data protection watchdog about the cyber-attack it fell victim to last week, days after the company said hackers had targeted just some 130 accounts and didn’t steal any passwords.
The Irish Data Protection Commission is assessing Twitter’s notification about the incident, said Graham Doyle, a spokesman for the regulator. The agency is the lead authority in the EU for Twitter and other U.S. tech companies, which all have their EU headquarters in the country.