Twitter hacker sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses

A U.K. citizen, who was involved in the attack on Twitter in 2020, was sentenced to five years in prison for cybercrime offenses. 

Joseph James O’Connor, aka PlugwalkJoe (24), the hacker who was involved in the attacks on Twitter in …

Fake Pentagon “explosion” photo sows confusion on Twitter

Enlarge / A fake AI-generated image of an "explosion" near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter. (credit: Twitter)

On Monday, a tweeted AI-generated image suggesting a large explosion at the Pentagon led to brief confusion, which included a reported

Twitter now supports Encrypted Direct Messages, with some limitations

Twitter is rolling out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs), the security feature will be initially available for the verified users.

Twitter is rolling out support for encrypted direct messages (DMs), the feature is initially limited to verified users or …

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets

A security problem caused the public sharing of private tweets sent to Twitter Circles to users outside of the Circle, the company admitted.

Since August 2022, the Twitter Circle feature allows users to send tweets to a restricted circle of …

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