Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has his account hacked
The hacking group have hit straight at Twitter's core
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Your support makes all the difference.The Twitter and Vine accounts belonging to Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, have been hacked.
Dorsey was hacked by OurMine security - a “three-man security team” which previously targeted the social media accounts of Google boss Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Now the group has aimed straight at Twitter’s core, releasing several Vine videos via Dorsey’s account which were also posted on his Twitter feed. The tweet read: “Hey, its OurMine,we are testing your security” and linked to their website. It has since been deleted.
Jack Dorsey
Basic Info
Born in St. Louis, studied at the New York University but dropped out after thinking of the idea of Twitter. Now living in San Francisco.
Career
The co-founder and CEO of Twitter, the tattooed billionaire entrepreneur has been named as one of the top innovators of his generation. He also developed Square, a mobile payments company. Also a certified masseur and has dabbled in fashion design.
Inspiration
His speech impediment as a child kept him at home a lot and partly inspired the microblogging social network.
Vine is owned by Twitter, with many users logging into their accounts via Twitter.
A number of high-profile individuals have had their Twitter accounts hacked in recent months. Katy Perry, the most followed person on Twitter, had her account hacked by a tweeter who sent homophobic and racist tweets at the end of May.
Lady Gaga, Kylie Jenner, Tenacious D and Keith Richards are some of the other celebrities who have recently had their Twitter accounts targeted.
Twitter did not immediately respond to request for comment.
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