Breaking: Premium Times Regains Twitter Account Hacked by Criminals
- Premium Times Twitter account has been hacked by some criminals on Friday, the Newspaper revealed
- Also, the criminals that hacked the account posted several vile messages on the account after it was hacked
- Meanwhile, following swift action, the newspaper was able to recover the account after it reported to Twitter
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Nigeria's top news outlet, Premium Times, has revealed that criminals have taken control of its Twitter account, changing the login details in the process.
According to Premium Times in a statement made available to Legit.ng, the criminals have posted vile content from the account. It added that Twitter has been contacted.
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At about 4:52 p.m. Nigerian time on Friday, Premium Times Twitter account (@PremiumTimesng) was hacked. The hackers have since posted unsavoury Tweets on the account and have changed the login details, even with 2FA enabled.
Premium Times has formally contacted Twitter and we are doing everything legally possible to recover the account.
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We urge our readers and the public to discountenance any tweet from the account for now and apologise for any inconveniences caused.
Meanwhile, hours after this, the newspaper was able to recover the account after it took series of steps including reporting the incident to Twitter.
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The commission noted that they were convicted on one count charge each bordering on internet-related fraud. According to the EFCC, Okwechime fraudulently impersonated one Joseph Michael, an American soldier, to defraud one Molly of $350 (Three Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars), while Olaniyi sent electronic messages with the intent to defraud one Samuel Mayona.
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This was disclosed in a statement by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday, September 9.
Source: Legit.ng
