Twitter Employees Required To Use Security Keys After Hack

Share post:

Twitter migrated all its employees from the old 2FA to security keys via SMS or authentication apps, a move that took less than three months and is now considered mandatory for all employees.

According to Nick Fobs, Senior IT Product Manager at Twitter, and Nupur Gholap, Senior Security Engineer at Twitter, the company accelerated its efforts to “increase the use of security keys to prevent phishing attacks.” They further explained that Twitter “also implemented security keys internally across the workforce to help prevent security incidents like the one Twitter suffered last year.”

While Twitter has continued to improve 2FA support for the platform in recent years with various innovations since 2018, the social media company has added support for the use of multiple security keys on 2FA-enabled accounts.

Users who want to turn on 2FA in their account are advised to go to Settings and Privacy in their Twitter profile menu, then switch to Security and Account Access on the desktop or account, then Security (on iOS) and enable the two-factor authentication option.

For more information, read the original story in BleepingComputer.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Related articles

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday May 17, 2024

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, May 17th,...

Cyber Security Today, May 17, 2024 – Malware hiding in Apache Tomcat servers

Malware hiding in Apache Tomcat servers, new backdoors found, and more Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, May...

MIT students exploit blockchain vulnerability to steal 25 million dollars

Two MIT students have been implicated in a highly sophisticated cryptocurrency heist, where they reportedly exploited a vulnerability...

Cyber Security Today, May 15, 2024 – Ebury botnet still exploits Linux servers, Microsoft, SAP and Apple issue security updates

The Ebury botnet continues to exploit Linux servers, Microsoft, SAP and Apple issue security updates, and more. Welcome to...

Become a member

New, Relevant Tech Stories. Our article selection is done by industry professionals. Our writers summarize them to give you the key takeaways