Hackerattack towards twitter

The social network Twitter announced this morning that they had been subjected to an IP-adress attack from China and Saudi Arabia linked to state-sponsored hacking. The hackers targeted a vulnerability in the form that twitter users use to create support cases, according to ZDNet.

Twitter writes on a support page that the attack was discovered on November 15 when their technicians noticed that a large number of support cases came from the same IP addresses in China and Saudi Arabia. The attack utilized a vulnerability in the support form to access the country code of those who submitted support cases as well as information about whether or not the account was locked.

When the leak was discovered, Twitter’s developer could put a bug fix in the day after. Twitter announces that they are now reviewing the extent of the attack and to report to all users who may be concerned and to report the incident to law enforcement authorities.

No direct personal information appears to have leaked, but the data can be used to determine from which country an account originates and for statistical purposes. Twitter also writes that they have not been able to determine the perpetrators’ intentions.

Story from ZDNet.com