Verified Twitter accounts tend to be a little more secure than those belonging to non-verified users due to the amount of extra hoop jumping required to get one of those ticks in the first place. A number of security requirements, including providing a phone number and setting up 2FA, are all things a would-be verified Twitter user needs to do.

In theory, it should be somewhat tricky to compromise those accounts – it wouldn’t really help Twitter if their theoretically appealing verified accounts were firing out Viagra spam all day long. Brand reputation and all that.