https://www.zdnet.com/article/twitter-bans-distribution-of-hacked-materials-ahead-of-us-midterm-elections/
By Catalin Cimpanu
Zero Day
October 2, 2018
Twitter has made three major changes to its site rules in an attempt to
prevent foreign actors from using its platform to meddle in the upcoming
US midterm elections, but also to cut down on the amount of spam and abuse
going on on the platform.
The first of these three changes concerns the dissemination of hacked
materials on the platform.
Twitter already had rules in place that prohibited the distribution of
hacked materials that contain private information or trade secrets, but
after Monday's update, the platform's review teams will also ban accounts
that claim responsibility for a hack, make hacking threats, or issue
incentives to hack specific people and accounts.
Until now, the platform has --for unknown reasons-- left hackers' accounts
alone, rarely intervening to take one down, and usually only after
requests from law enforcement officials.
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