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Twitter says Olympics, IOC accounts hacked

The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019 [COURTESY]

Twitter (TWTR.N) said on Saturday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) media Twitter account had been hacked and temporarily locked.

The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social media platform said in an emailed statement, without giving further details.

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