The US federal law enforcement agency FBI has taken the lead in the investigation of Wednesday’s major Twitter hack, which Twitter now says “in some way” affected about 130 user accounts on the major social network.
According to an update from Twitter Support Friday morning (UTC time), they are working with affected users to regain access to their accounts, which it said “may take additional time” as extra security precautions are taken to ensure access is only given to the accounts’ rightful owners.
For now, Twitter has not said whether any personal information was compromised in the attack, and in its latest update today the company only said that this is something they are “continuing to assess.” Yesterday, they said they have no evidence that attackers accessed passwords: “Currently, we don’t believe resetting your password is necessary.”
Meanwhile, yesterday, Reuters reported that the FBI is leading the inquiry into the hacking. Further, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo also said that the New York Department of Financial Services will investigate the attack, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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