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Twitter Hacking Epidemic Claims Britney Spears, Barack Obama
Gawker: valleywag —
... The service, which lets users post short updates to their friends, doesn't carry advertising, and hasn't figured out a way to charge people. Like Twitter itself, this hacking stunt is good entertainment, but not a clever business. Seen a high-profile Twitter account hacked? Send it in. We'll keep a running list. HACKED: Fox News Britney Spears Rick Sanchez, CNN anchor: Barack Obama: Facebook: The Huffington Post: ...
Twitter Hack Explained: How Britney And Fox News Lost Control
Silicon Alley Insider —
No phishing scam here: Someone broke into Twitter's back-end tools and tinkered with 33 accounts, including Fox News, Rick Sanchez, Barack Obama, and Britney Spears. From Twitter's blog:
The issue with these 33 accounts is different from the Phishing scam aimed at Twitter users this weekend. These accounts were compromised by an individual who hacked into some of the tools our support team uses to help people do things like edit the email address associated with their Twitter account when they can't remember or get stuck. We considered this a ...
Hackers Attack 33 Twitter Accounts
AppScout —
... Other accounts that fell prey to the hackers reportedly belonged to Britney Spears, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez (who "tweeted" that he was high on crack), Facebook, Fox News, and the Huffington Post. ...
About 33 Twitter Accounts Hacked Including FOX News, Facebook, Huffpost, Barack Obama, Rick Sanchez and Britney Spears
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... Rick often times refers to his Twitter account on CNN program. On Huffpost’s Twitter account there are a bunch of links to digitalgangster.com.
Twitter’s internal admin was affected too. According to Biz Stone, founder of Twitter, the hacker got into some of the tools that the support team uses in order to reset passwords. When Twitter’s admins realized this, they took the support tools offline so the hacker couldn’t get any further.
[via TechCrunch and Twitter Blog]
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Celebrity Twitter Accounts Hacked
GEARFUSE —
... posting about the size of her vagina, Rick Sanchez posting about how high he is on crack and President elect Barack Obama offering free gas money for opinionated feedback. Serves those suckers right for not using Tumblr instead! Link [ ...
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