TechCrunch reported: "Twitter has said that there is “no evidence” that attackers obtained user account passwords after its security breach on Wednesday, which forced the company to lock down user accounts to prevent verified users from tweeting.
In a series of tweets on Thursday — almost exactly a day after the mass account hijacking started — the social media giant said: “We have no evidence that attackers accessed passwords. Currently, we don’t believe resetting your password is necessary.”
“Out of an abundance of caution, and as part of our incident response yesterday to protect people’s security, we took the step to lock any accounts that had attempted to change the account’s password during the past 30 days,” it said. “As part of the additional security measures we’ve taken, you may not have been able to reset your password. Other than the accounts that are still locked, people should be able to reset their password now.”
Twitter said that it’s “working to help people regain access to their accounts” following the security incident. Many high-profile accounts, including news organizations, were still locked out from their accounts by Thursday morning. Some are still locked and unable to tweet.
News of the incident broke in real time — on the social network, no less — after cryptocurrency sites were hijacked to send tweets promoting a common cryptocurrency scam. Several high-profile accounts, including @apple and @binance, as well as celebrities @billgates, @jeffbezos and @elonmusk — which collectively have 90 million followers — were hacked as part of the mass account hijackings."
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