Twitter reiterated that it was working with the affected account owners.
Twitter Inc said on Thursday evening that hackers had targeted around 130 accounts in this week’s cyber attack, an incident in which the profiles of many prominent figures and organizations were compromised.
Twitter said the hackers were able to take control of a few accounts and send tweets from them.
The company added that it was continuing to assess whether hackers could access private data from targeted accounts.
Accounts of celebrities and politicians, including Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Barack Obama and Elon Musk, were hacked during the cyber attack on Wednesday.
Twitter reiterated that it was working with the affected account owners.
The San Francisco division of the FBI is investigating the hacking of Twitter, it said in a statement on Thursday, as more Washington lawmakers called for an account of how it happened.
High-level accounts that were hacked also included rapper Kanye West, founder of Amazon.com Inc. Jeff Bezos, investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, and corporate accounts for Uber Technologies Inc and Apple Inc.
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