Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Account Hacked
Return To ArticleTwitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey’s official Twitter account was hacked on August 30, shocking his followers as his account spewed racial slurs, anti-Semitic tweets, and more offensive content, before all the tweets and retweets were eventually removed.
According to an initial Twitter statement, a “security oversight” by the provider let the hackers gain control. Twitter’s communications team later clarified that “the phone number associated with the account was compromised due to a security oversight by the mobile provider.”
