Govt issues notice to Twitter seeking details on Indian users afflicted by hack
India’s cybersecurity nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full information on the recent global hack targeting high-profile users, since it sought complete information on number of Indian users damaged as well as impact on data, a source said.
The source privy to the development told PTI that CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of users from India who've visited the malicious tweets and links, and if the affected users have already been informed by the platform about unauthorised usage of their Twitter accounts.
The government in addition has demanded information of vulnerability exploited by attackers and modus operandi of the attack and sought details of remedial actions taken by Twitter to mitigate the impact of the hacking incident.
Twitter was not immediately designed for comment.
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) swung into action after reports that hackers gained usage of Twitter’s systems to hack accounts of several global corporate leaders, politicians, celebrities and businesses.
Cyber attackers had hacked into the Twitter accounts of global visible users - including former US President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and also many corporate leaders including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk - on Wednesday in a purported Bitcoin scam.
