Both newspapers reported this week that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-based hackers, likely to monitor media coverage the Chinese government deems important.
The Twitter attack comes on the heels of recent hacks into the computer systems of US companies, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. It shut down one attack moments after it was detected.īut Twitter discovered that the attackers may have stolen user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords belonging to 250,000 users they describe as "a very small percentage of our users." The company reset the pilfered passwords and sent emails advising the affected users. Twitter said in a blog post on Friday it detected attempts to gain access to its user data earlier in the week.
The Washington Post has also joined in, revealing the discovery of a sophisticated cyberattack in 2011. New York: Social media giant Twitter is among the latest US companies to report that it is among a growing list of victims of Internet security attacks, saying that hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.
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