83r71n, Mandiant's X account was compromised through a brute-force password attack by a drainer-as-a-service (DaaS)* group. The account lacked two-factor authentication (2FA), which could have mitigated the attack.
*(DaaS): A Drainer-as-a-Service is a type of cyber attack where hackers sell access to their botnets, which are networks of computers controlled remotely.
https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/mandiants-x-account-was-hacked-using.html
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