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The Hat Tip · May 28, 2022

Locked out of Twitter

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An attacker somehow disabled the two-factor authentication for my Twitter account, logged in, and seems to have changed the email address and ph…

An attacker somehow disabled the two-factor authentication for my Twitter account, logged in, and seems to have changed the email address and phone number associated with the account. This happened about 11 hours ago during Shabbat when I don't use electronic devices. I received the 2FA notice but no other email alerts (eg no "New login to Twitter from..." email). Twitter then locked down the account.

I am now locked out of Twitter after Twitter detected the suspicious behaviour, but I no way of getting back in because the attackers changed the contact details I need to do a password reset.

Anyone have any suggestions? Can anyone ask @twittersupport to encourage them to take a look?

UPDATE: It seems that my account is also ‘shadowbanned’, meaning my old tweets don’t show up in Twitter timelines or threads. At all. You just see “this tweet is unavailable”.

May be an image of text that says 'Twitter two-factor authentication is now off > Inbox Twitter <verify@twitter.com> to me 10:09 (10 hours ago) You've turned off two-factor authentication for @ariehkovler This means you'll no longer have this added protection when you log in to Twitter. Your account will be more vulnerable to compromise. You can turn on two-factor authentication any time in the Account Security section of your Twitter settings. Go to settings Learn more about two-factor authentication'
May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'Password change required Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler What happened? We have detected unusual activity on your account. For your security, your account has been locked until you change your password. What can you do: To secure your account, please change your password before logging back n. Start'

Read on arieh.substack.com

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