- "The suspensions took place at around the same time as several Ukrainian government websites and banks were temporarily shut down after a series of cyber attacks — Ukraine’s third since the beginning of the year. Kyiv has blamed the two prior attacks on Russia."
- "That the Twitter accounts were suspended almost simultaneously fed suspicions that a Russian operation may have been behind the moves. Russia often uses proxy groups in its cyber operations so it can deny knowledge of any attack, even though the groups are believed by western officials and cyber experts to act for Moscow."
- "Although open-source intelligence has provided some startlingly detailed images of military movements, analysts say it only shows a fraction of what is going on. Their reports, often on Twitter, have independently corroborated the publicly released western intelligence briefings and lent credibility to them."
Also, here's a statement from the "Head of Site Integrity at @Twitter",
- "We’re closely investigating — but mass reporting is not a factor here."
- "A small number of human errors as part of our work to proactively address manipulated media resulted in these incorrect enforcements. We’re fixing the issue and reaching out directly to the affected folks."
- "That the Twitter accounts were suspended almost simultaneously fed suspicions that a Russian operation may have been behind the moves. Russia often uses proxy groups in its cyber operations so it can deny knowledge of any attack, even though the groups are believed by western officials and cyber experts to act for Moscow."
- "Although open-source intelligence has provided some startlingly detailed images of military movements, analysts say it only shows a fraction of what is going on. Their reports, often on Twitter, have independently corroborated the publicly released western intelligence briefings and lent credibility to them."