'Everything is hackable' warns cyber group after hacking the Olympics and FC Barcelona Twitter accounts and posting about private messages
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- The official Twitter accounts for the Olympics and Barcelona FC were hacked on Saturday.
- OurMine, the group responsible for several prominent Twitter hacks beginning in 2016 claimed responsibility.
- In addition to gaining some level of access to the account, the group sent a tweet that claimed a popular soccer player would be returning to the Barcelona team based on private messages it read.
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The official Twitter accounts for the Olympics and FC Barcelona were hacked Saturday by the same group responsible for years of other prominent Twitter account hacks.
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider that both the Olympics and FC Barcelona accounts were hacked by a group called OurMine and through a "third-party platform." See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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