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If it ain't broke, I'll fix it! I'm porting Linux to Apple Silicon Macs at @AsahiLinux. http://patreon.com/marcan  | http://github.com/sponsors/marcan 

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    1. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 15 Jul 2020
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      Hector Martin Retweeted Twitter Support

      So yeah, it was just compromised internal credentials with the ability to take over user accounts. This is a big no-no and clearly the controls around those internal tools were woefully inadequate. This points to deficient security culture inside Twitter.https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1283591848729219073 …

      Hector Martin added,

      Twitter SupportVerified account @TwitterSupport
      We know they used this access to take control of many highly-visible (including verified) accounts and Tweet on their behalf. We’re looking into what other malicious activity they may have conducted or information they may have accessed and will share more here as we have it.
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    2. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 15 Jul 2020
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      Also, that the internal account takeover happened at *all*, presumably remotely, is inexcusable in 2020. If your corporate authentication does not require non-spoofable 2FA (e.g. U2F/WebAuthn) to achieve this level of access, you are doing many things wrong.

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    3. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 15 Jul 2020
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      And apparently Twitter is retaliating against users tweeting screenshots of the internal tool (even censored of private info), which speaks volumes as to their priorities during this kind of massive security incident.

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    4. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 15 Jul 2020
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      Remember this is apparently a *support tool*. The issue of insider access from *engineers* is a tricky one, because ultimately engineers need to be able to engineer the system. It's possible, but tricky, to build sufficient controls around engineering procedures.

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      Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 15 Jul 2020
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      But support tools? There should be high-level overrides for all of that stuff, and auditing up the wazoo, at the very least a kill switch that is always accessible to on-call engineers/security team. It should've taken minutes to identify and lock out the attack.

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        1. Hector Martin‏ @marcan42 15 Jul 2020
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          There is absolutely no reason why anything someone working for Twitter support does shouldn't be immediately identifiable, controllable, and reversible by someone at a higher level, on-call, as soon as it happens. We have access hierarchies for a reason.

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