Why Twitter’s two-factor authentication isn’t going to stop media organisations from being hacked

Twitter’s new two factor authentication system will be welcomed by some users, but ignored by others who will find it a nuisance.

Notably, it’s unlikely to be much use at all to media companies who have suffered at the hands of hackers, as Graham Cluley explains.

Read more about this story in my article on Sophos’s Naked Security blog.

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Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and is the co-host of the popular "Smashing Security" podcast. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, or drop him an email.