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The Hijacked $50,000 @N Twitter Username Is Back In Its Owners Hands

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Remember how Naoki Hiroshima lost his amazing $50,000 @N Twitter username? Well, for once some good news: he got it back!

https://gizmodo.com/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitter-username-1511578384

While the username was hijacked last month, Naoki Hiroshima has once again regained control of the account. Last night he tweeted:

It’s not clear yet exactly how he regained full control of @N, though given his full description of what happened last month we should find out before long. The whole debacle, though, is a warning to us all to take online security seriously—especially when it comes to how online companies verify account information. [Twitter via The Next Web]

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