How was the 2020 Twitter hack carried out? How could it have been prevented?

The 2020 Twitter hack was carried out by a group of hackers who used a spear-phishing attack to trick Twitter employees into giving them their login credentials. Hence, the hackers were able to take control of the accounts of several high-profile users, including former President Barack Obama, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates.

The hack could have been prevented by implementing stronger security measures, such as:

• Multi-factor authentication to make it more difficult for hackers to gain access to accounts


• Educating employees about phishing attacks, including how to identify and avoid them


• Monitoring for suspicious activity, for example, unusual login attempts from different IP addresses