A bug Twitter downplayed in 2012 resurfaces as researchers hijack celebrity accounts to send tweets by using a UK mobile phone number tied to an account (Dell Cameron/Gizmodo)

Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
A bug Twitter downplayed in 2012 resurfaces as researchers hijack celebrity accounts to send tweets by using a UK mobile phone number tied to an account  —  Twitter is claiming to have resolved a bug that allowed a group of London-based security researchers to post unauthorized tweets …

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