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Twitter hack probe results in name for cybersecurity guidelines for social media giants

An investigation into this summer season’s Twitter hack by the New York State Division of Monetary Companies (NYSDFS) has ended with a stinging rebuke for a way simply Twitter let itself be duped by a “simple” social engineering approach — and with a wider name for key social medi…
An investigation into this summer’s Twitter hack by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) has ended with a stinging rebuke for how easily Twitter let itself be duped by a “simple” social engineering technique — and with a wider call for key social medi…

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Author: Natasha Lomas

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