Mandiant, the security firm Google bought for $5.4 billion, gets its X account hacked
Enlarge Google-owned security firm Mandiant spent several hours trying to regain control of its account on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Wednesday after an unknown scammer hijacked it and used it to spread a link that attempted to steal cryptocurrency from people who clicked on it. “We are aware of the incident impacting the Mandiant X account and are working to resolve the issue,” company officials wrote in a statement. “We've since regained control over the account and are currently working on restoring it.” The statement didn’t answer questions asking if the company had determined how the account was [...]