2020 Twitter account hijacking (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2020 Twitter account hijacking" in English language version.

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androidpolice.com (Global: 2,964^th place; English: 1,965^th place)

Wang, Jules (July 16, 2020). "Massive Twitter breach made possible by social engineering". Android Police. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Hager, Ryan (July 17, 2020). "Google confirms it disabled the Twitter carousel in Search following Bitcoin scam kerfuffle". Android Police. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Wang, Jules (July 16, 2020). "Twitter overhauls API with dev roadmap and a slow drip of new features". Android Police. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

Wang, Jules (July 16, 2020). "Massive Twitter breach made possible by social engineering". Android Police. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Wang, Jules (July 16, 2020). "Twitter overhauls API with dev roadmap and a slow drip of new features". Android Police. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

Goodin, Dan (March 17, 2021). "I was a teenage Twitter hacker. Graham Ivan Clark gets 3-year sentence". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
Goodin, Dan (July 30, 2020). "Twitter hackers used "phone spear phishing" in mass account takeover". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

"Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam". BBC News. July 16, 2020. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Musk and Gates 'hacked' in apparent Bitcoin scam". BBC News. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Tidy, Joe; Radford, Antoinette (May 10, 2023). "Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack". BBC News. Retrieved May 10, 2023.

bloomberg.com (Global: 99^th place; English: 77^th place)

Frier, Sarah; Tong, Sebastian (July 15, 2020). "Twitter Hack Snags Obama, Biden, Gates Accounts in Bitcoin Scam". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Robertson, Jordan; Mehrotra, Kartikay; Wagner, Kurt (July 27, 2020). "Twitter's Security Woes Included Broad Access to User Accounts". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
Burnson, Robert (July 23, 2020). "Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Twitter-Like Bitcoin Scam". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.

businessinsider.com (Global: 140^th place; English: 115^th place)

Sheth, Sonam (July 15, 2020). "Former President Barack Obama's Twitter account appears to have been hacked as part of a cryptocurrency scam". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Holmes, Aaron; Leskin, Paige (July 15, 2020). "Hackers took over dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, and Apple and used them to post bitcoin scam links". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Price, Rob (July 15, 2020). "Some of the world's biggest Twitter accounts are hacked. Here's what we do and don't know about what's going on right now". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

buzzfeednews.com (Global: 1,368^th place; English: 793^rd place)

Mac, Ryan; Lytvynenko, Jane (July 15, 2020). "Joe Biden, Elon Musk, And Barack Obama's Twitter Accounts Were Hacked In A Bitcoin Scam". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

cnbc.com (Global: 220^th place; English: 155^th place)

Leswing, Kif (July 15, 2020). "Hackers appear to target Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, others in digital currency scam". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

Iyengar, Rishi (July 15, 2020). "Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others apparently hacked". CNN Business. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Iyengar, Rishi (July 15, 2020). "Twitter blames 'coordinated' attack on its systems for hack of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and others". CNN. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
O'Sullivan, Donie; Fung, Brian; Perez, Evan (July 18, 2020). "Twitter says some accounts had personal data stolen in massive hack". CNN. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

engadget.com (Global: 466^th place; English: 349^th place)

Lawler, Richard (July 16, 2020). "Twitter says attackers targeted 130 accounts in Wednesday's breach". Engadget. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Bell, Karissa (July 22, 2020). "Twitter confirms one elected official had DMs accessed in hack". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
Bell, Karissa (July 16, 2020). "Twitter hack reportedly originated with posts on a gray market forum". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Lee, Nicole (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has apparently disabled tweets from verified accounts". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Moon, Mariella (September 25, 2020). "Twitter's changes since the June attack include requiring security keys". Engadget. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.

fortune.com (Global: 433^rd place; English: 284^th place)

Roberts, Jeff John (July 15, 2020). "Scammer behind massive Twitter hack has made only $109,000—so far". Fortune. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

gizmodo.com (Global: 474^th place; English: 329^th place)

Couts, Andrew (July 15, 2020). "Twitter Finally Blocks the Worst of Us from Tweeting". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.; Sanders, Chris; Driver, Anna (July 15, 2020). "Twitter silences some verified accounts after wave of hacks". Yahoo News. Reuters. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.; Gartenberg, Chaim (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has shut off the ability for some people to tweet after massive hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

go.com (Global: 48^th place; English: 39^th place)

abcnews.go.com

"Tampa teenager accused in Twitter hack pleads not guilty". Associated Press. August 4, 2020. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020 – via ABC News.

imdb.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter". IMDb. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

independent.co.uk (Global: 36^th place; English: 33^rd place)

Woodward, Alex (July 15, 2020). "Elon Musk, Apple, Bill Gates, Kanye West and more hacked by cryptocurrency scam". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

irishtimes.com (Global: 266^th place; English: 182^nd place)

"Twitter accounts of Biden, Obama and other prominent figures hacked". The Irish Times. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

justice.gov (Global: 918^th place; English: 556^th place)

"Three Individuals Charged For Alleged Roles In Twitter Hack". United States Department of Justice. July 31, 2020. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

krebsonsecurity.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Krebs, Brian (July 16, 2020). "Who's Behind Wednesday's Epic Twitter Hack?". Krebs on Security. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

medium.com (Global: 551^st place; English: 406^th place)

Lucky225 (July 16, 2020). "The Twitter Hack — What exactly happened?". Medium. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

nbcnews.com (Global: 137^th place; English: 101^st place)

Ingram, David; Collier, Kevin (July 15, 2020). "Biden, Gates, Musk: Bitcoin scam breaches some of world's most prominent Twitter accounts". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Popper, Nathaniel; Conger, Kate (July 17, 2020). "Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Frenkel, Sheera; Popper, Nathaniel; Conger, Kate; Sanger, David E. (July 15, 2020). "A Brazen Online Attack Targets V.I.P. Twitter Users in a Bitcoin Scam". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Isaac, Mike; Frenkel, Sheera; Conger, Kate (July 16, 2020). "Twitter Struggles to Unpack a Hack Within Its Walls". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Conger, Kate; Popper, Nathaniel (July 31, 2020). "Florida Teenager Is Charged as 'Mastermind' of Twitter Hack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
Popper, Nathaniel (September 1, 2020). "Twitter Hack May Have Had Another Mastermind: A 16-Year-Old". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.

pcmag.com (Global: 1,060^th place; English: 700^th place)

"Teen Who Hacked Musk, Obama Twitter Accounts Gets 3 Years in Jail". PCMAG. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

Sterling, Toby (July 23, 2020). "Dutch lawmaker Wilders says Twitter hack could expose dissidents". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
Menn, Joseph; Hosinball, Mark (July 16, 2020). "Exclusive: U.S. FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hack, sources say". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Setter, Raphael; Menn, Joseph (July 16, 2020). "Before hack tore through Twitter, online forum offered accounts for sale". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Ayanti Bera (September 29, 2020). "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.

sbs.com.au (Global: 990^th place; English: 621^st place)

"Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and more hacked in bitcoin scam". SBS World News. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

sky.com (Global: 431^st place; English: 274^th place)

news.sky.com

"Joseph James O'Connor ordered to pay back over £4m in Bitcoin after hacking celebrity X accounts". Sky News. Retrieved November 19, 2025.

tampabay.com (Global: 829^th place; English: 485^th place)

"Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

techcrunch.com (Global: 187^th place; English: 146^th place)

Whittaker, Zack (July 15, 2020). "A hacker used Twitter's own 'admin' tool to spread cryptocurrency scam". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Whittaker, Zack; Hatmaker, Taylor; Perez, Sarah (July 15, 2020). "High-profile Twitter accounts simultaneously hacked to spread crypto scam". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
"Hacker responsible for 2020 Twitter breach sentenced to prison". June 23, 2023.
Matney, Lucas (July 15, 2020). "Twitter stock slides after-hours amid scramble to contain high-profile account hacks". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Clayton, Abene (May 10, 2023). "Twitter hack: UK man pleads guilty to hijacking accounts including of Joe Biden and Elon Musk". The Guardian. Retrieved May 10, 2023.

theverge.com (Global: 114^th place; English: 90^th place)

Hollister, Sean (July 31, 2020). "Three people just got charged for Twitter's huge hack, and a Florida teen is in jail". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
Hollister, Sean (July 17, 2020). "Read Twitter's update on the huge hack — 8 accounts may have had private messages stolen". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Statt, Nick (July 15, 2020). "Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Gartenberg, Chaim (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has shut off the ability for some people to tweet after massive hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Couts, Andrew (July 15, 2020). "Twitter Finally Blocks the Worst of Us from Tweeting". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.; Sanders, Chris; Driver, Anna (July 15, 2020). "Twitter silences some verified accounts after wave of hacks". Yahoo News. Reuters. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.; Gartenberg, Chaim (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has shut off the ability for some people to tweet after massive hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Kelly, Makena (July 20, 2020). "Coinbase says it halted more than $280,000 in bitcoin transactions during Twitter hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
Statt, Nick (March 16, 2021). "Teen 'mastermind' behind the great Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prison". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

usatoday.com (Global: 41^st place; English: 34^th place)

Guynn, Jessica (July 16, 2020). "'Tweet-tastrophe'? It could have been. Twitter hack reveals national security threat ahead of election". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

vice.com (Global: 175^th place; English: 137^th place)

Cox, Joseph (July 15, 2020). "Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts". Vice. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

Cappucci, Matthew; Freedman, Andrew (July 16, 2020). "Twitter outage affected National Weather Service office during a tornado warning". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Iyengar, Rishi (July 15, 2020). "Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others apparently hacked". CNN Business. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
"Musk and Gates 'hacked' in apparent Bitcoin scam". BBC News. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Cox, Joseph (July 15, 2020). "Hackers Convinced Twitter Employee to Help Them Hijack Accounts". Vice. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Whittaker, Zack (July 15, 2020). "A hacker used Twitter's own 'admin' tool to spread cryptocurrency scam". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Popper, Nathaniel; Conger, Kate (July 17, 2020). "Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Hollister, Sean (July 31, 2020). "Three people just got charged for Twitter's huge hack, and a Florida teen is in jail". The Verge. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
Sheth, Sonam (July 15, 2020). "Former President Barack Obama's Twitter account appears to have been hacked as part of a cryptocurrency scam". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Leswing, Kif (July 15, 2020). "Hackers appear to target Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, others in digital currency scam". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Hollister, Sean (July 17, 2020). "Read Twitter's update on the huge hack — 8 accounts may have had private messages stolen". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
"Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and more hacked in bitcoin scam". SBS World News. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Guynn, Jessica (July 16, 2020). "'Tweet-tastrophe'? It could have been. Twitter hack reveals national security threat ahead of election". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Frenkel, Sheera; Popper, Nathaniel; Conger, Kate; Sanger, David E. (July 15, 2020). "A Brazen Online Attack Targets V.I.P. Twitter Users in a Bitcoin Scam". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
"Three Individuals Charged For Alleged Roles In Twitter Hack". United States Department of Justice. July 31, 2020. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
Isaac, Mike; Frenkel, Sheera; Conger, Kate (July 16, 2020). "Twitter Struggles to Unpack a Hack Within Its Walls". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Whittaker, Zack; Hatmaker, Taylor; Perez, Sarah (July 15, 2020). "High-profile Twitter accounts simultaneously hacked to spread crypto scam". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
Statt, Nick (July 15, 2020). "Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Apple, and others hacked in unprecedented Twitter attack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Holmes, Aaron; Leskin, Paige (July 15, 2020). "Hackers took over dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, and Apple and used them to post bitcoin scam links". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Woodward, Alex (July 15, 2020). "Elon Musk, Apple, Bill Gates, Kanye West and more hacked by cryptocurrency scam". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Ingram, David; Collier, Kevin (July 15, 2020). "Biden, Gates, Musk: Bitcoin scam breaches some of world's most prominent Twitter accounts". NBC News. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Lawler, Richard (July 16, 2020). "Twitter says attackers targeted 130 accounts in Wednesday's breach". Engadget. Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Mac, Ryan; Lytvynenko, Jane (July 15, 2020). "Joe Biden, Elon Musk, And Barack Obama's Twitter Accounts Were Hacked In A Bitcoin Scam". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Roberts, Jeff John (July 15, 2020). "Scammer behind massive Twitter hack has made only $109,000—so far". Fortune. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
Price, Rob (July 15, 2020). "Some of the world's biggest Twitter accounts are hacked. Here's what we do and don't know about what's going on right now". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Frier, Sarah; Tong, Sebastian (July 15, 2020). "Twitter Hack Snags Obama, Biden, Gates Accounts in Bitcoin Scam". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
"Twitter accounts of Biden, Obama and other prominent figures hacked". The Irish Times. July 15, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Gartenberg, Chaim (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has shut off the ability for some people to tweet after massive hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Couts, Andrew (July 15, 2020). "Twitter Finally Blocks the Worst of Us from Tweeting". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.; Sanders, Chris; Driver, Anna (July 15, 2020). "Twitter silences some verified accounts after wave of hacks". Yahoo News. Reuters. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.; Gartenberg, Chaim (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has shut off the ability for some people to tweet after massive hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Iyengar, Rishi (July 15, 2020). "Twitter blames 'coordinated' attack on its systems for hack of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates and others". CNN. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Kelly, Makena (July 20, 2020). "Coinbase says it halted more than $280,000 in bitcoin transactions during Twitter hack". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
Bell, Karissa (July 22, 2020). "Twitter confirms one elected official had DMs accessed in hack". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
Sterling, Toby (July 23, 2020). "Dutch lawmaker Wilders says Twitter hack could expose dissidents". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
Robertson, Jordan; Mehrotra, Kartikay; Wagner, Kurt (July 27, 2020). "Twitter's Security Woes Included Broad Access to User Accounts". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
O'Sullivan, Donie; Fung, Brian; Perez, Evan (July 18, 2020). "Twitter says some accounts had personal data stolen in massive hack". CNN. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
Goodin, Dan (March 17, 2021). "I was a teenage Twitter hacker. Graham Ivan Clark gets 3-year sentence". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
Lucky225 (July 16, 2020). "The Twitter Hack — What exactly happened?". Medium. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Goodin, Dan (July 30, 2020). "Twitter hackers used "phone spear phishing" in mass account takeover". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
Menn, Joseph; Hosinball, Mark (July 16, 2020). "Exclusive: U.S. FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hack, sources say". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
"Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam". BBC News. July 16, 2020. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Bell, Karissa (July 16, 2020). "Twitter hack reportedly originated with posts on a gray market forum". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Krebs, Brian (July 16, 2020). "Who's Behind Wednesday's Epic Twitter Hack?". Krebs on Security. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Setter, Raphael; Menn, Joseph (July 16, 2020). "Before hack tore through Twitter, online forum offered accounts for sale". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
Conger, Kate; Popper, Nathaniel (July 31, 2020). "Florida Teenager Is Charged as 'Mastermind' of Twitter Hack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
"Tampa teenager accused in Twitter hack pleads not guilty". Associated Press. August 4, 2020. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020 – via ABC News.
"Teen Who Hacked Musk, Obama Twitter Accounts Gets 3 Years in Jail". PCMAG. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
"Tampa Twitter hacker agrees to three years in prison". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
Statt, Nick (March 16, 2021). "Teen 'mastermind' behind the great Twitter hack sentenced to three years in prison". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
Popper, Nathaniel (September 1, 2020). "Twitter Hack May Have Had Another Mastermind: A 16-Year-Old". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
Lee, Nicole (July 15, 2020). "Twitter has apparently disabled tweets from verified accounts". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
Cappucci, Matthew; Freedman, Andrew (July 16, 2020). "Twitter outage affected National Weather Service office during a tornado warning". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
Hager, Ryan (July 17, 2020). "Google confirms it disabled the Twitter carousel in Search following Bitcoin scam kerfuffle". Android Police. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
Matney, Lucas (July 15, 2020). "Twitter stock slides after-hours amid scramble to contain high-profile account hacks". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
"Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) Stock Historical Prices & Data - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
Moon, Mariella (September 25, 2020). "Twitter's changes since the June attack include requiring security keys". Engadget. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
Burnson, Robert (July 23, 2020). "Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Twitter-Like Bitcoin Scam". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
Ayanti Bera (September 29, 2020). "Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head". Reuters. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
"The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter". IMDb. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Conger, Kate; Popper, Nathaniel (July 31, 2020). "Florida Teenager Is Charged as 'Mastermind' of Twitter Hack". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

x.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Twitter Support [@TwitterSupport] (July 15, 2020). "We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Twitter Support [@TwitterSupport] (July 18, 2020). "Attackers took the additional step of downloading the account's information" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Twitter Support [@TwitterSupport] (July 16, 2020). "We detected what we believe to be a coordinated social engineering attack by people who successfully targeted some of our employees with access to internal systems and tools" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Twitter Support [@TwitterSupport] (July 16, 2020). "Internally, we've taken significant steps to limit access to internal systems and tools while our investigation is ongoing. More updates to come as our investigation continues" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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