techcrunch.com - 1/5/2009
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Phishing attacks, which hit Twitter over the weekend, are a sign a service has arrived (Facebook has the same problem). But someone hacking into Twitter’s internal admin tools and compromising 33 high profile accounts , including President Elect Barack Obama, has Twitter users freaking ...
blog.twitter.com - 1/5/2009
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blog.twitter.com —
This morning we discovered 33 Twitter accounts had
been "hacked" including prominent Twitter-ers like Rick Sanchez and...
Barack Obama (who has not been Twittering since becoming the president elect due to transition issues). We immediately locked down ...
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Monday Morning Madness
techcrunch.com - 1/5/2009
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techcrunch.com —
My guess is this has nothing to do
with the phishing attacks that started on Twitter a...
couple of days ago. But a few minutes ago the official Fox News Twitter account posted “Breaking: Bill O Riley is gay” (referring to the host of the ...
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Either Fox News Had Their Twitter Account Hacked, Or ...
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Twitter Gets Hacked, Badly
Futurelawyer —
Twitter Gets Hacked, Badly. I KNOW I am going to get a comment from Kevin about this post. However, is there a security problem with Twitter? I would no more want someone hacking my Twitter account than I would want someone hacking my email. Twitter has been doing P.R. since Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama,and some other famous people got hacked. The good news is that it is unlikely that anyone cares enough to hack the FutureLawyer. The bad news is that Twitter might not, as the post author says, be ready for prime time yet. I DO like Kevin's idea ...
Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Bill O'Reilly Have One Thing In Common: They Were Hacked On Twitter
mocoNews —
... The most high-profile hack, perhaps, which spread on Twitter like wildfire was that Fox News broke then news that "Bill O'Riley is gay." (Yes, spelling mistake and all). TechCrunch reported this one, and others like Britney Spears. Twitter said they "immediately locked down the accounts and investigated the issue. Rick, Barack, and others are now back in control of their accounts….We considered this a very serious breach of security and immediately took the support tools offline. We'll put them back only when they're safe and secure." ...
Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Bill O'Reilly Have One Thing In Common: They Were Hacked On Twitter
paidContent —
... The most high-profile hack, perhaps, which spread on Twitter like wildfire was that Fox News broke then news that "Bill O'Riley is gay." (Yes, spelling mistake and all). TechCrunch reported this one, and others like Britney Spears. Twitter said they "immediately locked down the accounts and investigated the issue. Rick, Barack, and others are now back in control of their accounts….We considered this a very serious breach of security and immediately took the support tools offline. We'll put them back only when they're safe and secure." ...
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