Peaches Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What's Being Done JR Raphael, PC World "Twitter is tackling a series of security issues, starting with a hack that hit some well-known celebrity accounts. Someone broke into Twitter accounts belonging to President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, and Britney Spears over the weekend. At the same time, a phishing scam is trying to trick regular users into handing over their passwords and compromising their profiles. Twitter Hack: Celebrity Targets First, the freshest set of hacks: Someone managed to crack the passwords to nearly three dozen high-profile Twitter accounts in the hours leading up to Monday morning. The official accounts for Fox News and Facebook were affected, in addition to the personal profiles mentioned above." Story here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/156359/twit...being_done.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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