Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-09-03 00:00:00
Affected organization: Twitter
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Spain Squad
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: A group of hackers dubbed Spain Squad claims to have found a way to seize inactive and suspended Twitter accounts, and sells them on the social network.