The official Twitter account of Indian airline IndiGo has been hit with a breach. The verified account, which previously had over 100,000 followers and several hundred thousands of tweets, now appears to be in possession of a user who goes by the handle @activevibezzz1.
Earlier Tuesday morning, IndiGo's Twitter handle was changed to "activevibezzz1". Twitter allows users — including businesses — to change their username. As part of the transition, all existing followers of IndiGo airline are now unwittingly also following the compromised account. The compromised account posted a few mysterious tweets Tuesday.
Twitter has removed the verification mark from the account, as it does for a brief time when a verified user's handle is changed. In such cases, as part of its policy, Twitter requires the user to provide their documents again to ensure that the account is still in the right hands.
Much to IndiGo's horror, its original Twitter handle — @IndiGo6e — which became available after the unfortunate christening this morning, has been claimed by another person.
31/01/17 Manish Singh/Mashable India
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Earlier Tuesday morning, IndiGo's Twitter handle was changed to "activevibezzz1". Twitter allows users — including businesses — to change their username. As part of the transition, all existing followers of IndiGo airline are now unwittingly also following the compromised account. The compromised account posted a few mysterious tweets Tuesday.
Twitter has removed the verification mark from the account, as it does for a brief time when a verified user's handle is changed. In such cases, as part of its policy, Twitter requires the user to provide their documents again to ensure that the account is still in the right hands.
Much to IndiGo's horror, its original Twitter handle — @IndiGo6e — which became available after the unfortunate christening this morning, has been claimed by another person.
31/01/17 Manish Singh/Mashable India
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