The revelation Monday that 33 accounts on the Twitter social networking site had been hacked, while others were compromised by a phishing scam over the weekend, highlights what cyber criminals can do. Accounts belonging to Britney Spears, Barack Obama and CNN’s Rick Sanchez were hacked, using tools normally accessible only to Twitter’s technical support team for the purpose of letting locked-out subscribers reset their e-mail addresses.
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Twitter Mischief Hijacks Reputations
Posted by: Walaika Haskins January 6, 2009 03:29 PMThe revelation Monday that 33 accounts on the Twitter social networking site had been hacked, while others were compromised by a phishing scam over the weekend, highlights what cyber criminals can do. Accounts belonging to Britney Spears, Barack Obama and CNN’s Rick Sanchez were hacked, using tools normally accessible only to Twitter’s technical support team for the purpose of letting locked-out subscribers reset their e-mail addresses.