Twitter has confirmed hackers used tools which were expected to have just been accessible to its very own staff to hold down Wednesday’s hack assault.

The breach saw the records of Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kanye western and Bill Gates among other a-listers utilized to tweet a Bitcoin scam.

Twitter additionally revealed the perpetrators had data that are downloaded as much as eight for the records included.

It declined to show their identities but stated not ...