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Twitter turns off tweeting via SMS after hackers hijack CEO Jack Dorsey's account

Dev Kundaliya

05 September 2019 •

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Tweet-by-SMS feature might be reinstated at a later date, Twitter says

Twitter is disabling its tweet via SMS feature just days after CEO Jack Dorsey's account was compromised due to security flaws. The feature was recently exploited by hackers to hijack the account of...

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