One name is better known than the other. Last week, hackers hacked verified accounts of numerous celebrities and tweeted about questionable deals with cryptocurrencies via their Twitter profiles.

Among the victims were US rapper Kanye West, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, former US President Barack Obama, US presidential candidate Joe Biden and tech giants Bill Gates and Elon Musk.

The American publication Motherboard now assumes that hackers tricked Twitter employees into giving you control over the accounts in question. Even though it is in all likelihood an “insider job”, the question still arises: How secure are social media profiles actually and how can you best protect yourself from a potential hack?

If you look in the help center on Twitter, you will find a post on the topic “My account has been hacked” after a short search. Not only well-known personalities or large, verified accounts are attacked by hackers – every user can become the focus of cybercriminals. To save yourself the trouble that follows, the cyber experts at Perseus therefore advise:

“Use complex passwords that you also adjust at regular intervals. It is also important that you enable two-factor authentication. Of course, this is not a panacea against cyber attacks, but it acts as a good security tool against unwanted access.”