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Twitter link glitch allows CIA contact line to be hijacked by hacker

By Christopher Hutton
Published October 18, 2023 2:14pm ET
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Twitter link glitch allows CIA contact line to be hijacked by hacker
A minor glitch was found by a hacker on the CIA‘s official account on X, formerly named Twitter, that foreign nations could hijacked. Kevin McSheehan, a cybersecurity researcher, reported finding a security link on the platform’s social profile that could have been used to hijack a secure line. The CIA has a link to a […]

A minor glitch was found by a hacker on the CIA‘s official account on X, formerly named Twitter, that foreign nations could hijacked.

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