TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida teen identified as the mastermind of scheme that gained control of Twitter accounts of politicians, celebrities and technology moguls has pleaded not guilty to multiple ...

LONDON — A man convicted over a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-profile figures, including former President Barack Obama, has been ordered to repay $5.4 million worth of Bitcoin, ...

TAMPA, Fla. -- A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said ...

Twitter has long been rumored to be building a way for direct messages (DMs) on the platform to use end-to-end encryption, but in the wake of an eye-opening hack early this week, calls for a more ...

On Wednesday, Twitter fell victim to hackers who used a “coordinated social engineering attack” to compromise some of Twitter’s highest-profile accounts—including those belonging to Barack Obama, Elon ...

Security experts say Twitter's security systems need to be strengthened. April 24, 2013 — -- It can be said in the length of a single tweet: When a 140-character message can lead to national ...

A web camera is seen in front of the displayed words "Hacked Account" in this illustration taken October 21, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) - A man ‌convicted over a 2020 ...

The Web was abuzz Wednesday after it was revealed that a hacker had exposed sensitive corporate information about Twitter after breaking into an employee's e-mail account. The breach raised red flags ...

Several National Weather Service Twitter accounts were shut down Wednesday night as a line of severe weather and possible tornadoes moved across the Midwest. Typically the accounts are used to send ...

On Tuesday afternoon, just as the week of the big-brand Twitter hack was getting as old as it was useful to the "victims," the Twitter feeds of BET and MTV — both owned by the media conglomerate ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A man ‌convicted over a 2020 ‌Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-⁠profile figures ‌including former U.S.‍ President Barack Obama has been ordered to repay ‌4.1 million ...