The communications giant Twilio confirmed that hackers they managed to gain access into a data customers after defrauding employees with attacks Phishing.
Η company based in San Francisco, which allows users to integrate possibilities φωνής και SMS – όπως έλεγχος ταυτότητας δύο factors (2FA) – in applications, said in a blog post Monday that someone with "unauthorized access" accessed information related to some Twilio customer accounts on Aug. 4.
Twilio has more than 150.000 large customers, including Facebook and Uber.
According to the company, the unknown hacker convinced several Twilio employees to provide their credentials, which allowed him to gain access to the company's internal systems.
The attack used phishing SMSs purporting to come from Twilio's IT department. The messages reported that o Password of employees had expired and advised the target to log in using a fake web address that the attacker controlled.