Did Russia Attempt to Hijack Twitter Accounts of Pentagon?

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Last month, a report sent to U.S counterintelligence officials. This report indicated that Russians aren’t only hacking emails to seduce U.S politics, but they have started to use Twitter in its attack on the United States. The report mentioned that Russians have sent infected messages to more than 10 thousand Twitter accounts of U.S Defense Department and each of them personalized to the tastes & interests of individuals. The attached malware provides links to those users to a server for giving access to the Twitter account for Russia. Ben Wiseman from the New York Times wrote that “Imagine thousands of legalize Twitter users with the rightfulness of original government officials sending out authentic-sounding false information and you will have an idea of this issue caused among intelligence officials”.

Did Russia Attempt to Hijack Twitter Accounts of Pentagon?

He further added that Pentagon Twitter accounts might sent fake information. As each tweet well-grounded another and concealed Russian agents multiplied the messages even additional astray, the result might be freak and demoralization. It is still unclear whether any accounts were impaired by the Russian attempts, which were initiated during the U.S Election 2016. Point to be noted that Facebook has recently reported that the experts of the company have discovered fake accounts on Facebook created to operate public opinions with fake news and misinformation. Time also pointed out that U.S government officials believe that the original email scandal of 2016 was just a small. A more visible part of Russian ongoing attempt discovered for attacking the foundation of democratic system of the United States.