State-sponsored hackers targeting Twitter users

Published December 14, 2015 3:44pm ET



At least one foreign government is taking an interest in what users are doing on Twitter.

The social media website has begun notifying users that they are being targeted by state-backed hackers trying to access their accounts. Among them was Canadian non-profit Coldhak, which posted a copy of the letter to its Twitter feed on Friday.

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