Users complained Sunday that they were mid-tweet when the system kicked them out and prompted the users to enter their credentials.
This technique is a hallmark of the trojan horse creation group known as the Knights of Beijing, News Examiner reported.
Users that reentered their credentials were unknowingly supplying the hacker group with the information.
They were then met with another prompt that stated ‘An error occurred when logging in, try again at a later time’
The cyber security group RealSecureTechnology, Inc reported that the data is being routed to Asia through North Korea, but it is not yet clear if North Korea is the intended destination, or just a “red herring” decoy.
