“Twitter Hacked: 250k accounts affected” #security #socialmedia / SML.20130202.SC.PublicMedia.Twitter.Hacked

Multiple journalism media report that Twitter has been hacked earlier this week.

 

1. Guardian: Technology: 2013-02-02: News: Twitter says 250,000 accounts have been hacked in security breach: Anonymous hackers were able to gain access to usernames, email addresses and passwords in 'sophisticated' operation www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/02/twitter-hacked-...

 

2. Slashdot: IT: 2013-02-02: Reporting the incident on the company's official blog, Twitter's manager of network did not specify the method by which hackers penetrated its system, but mentioned vulnerabilities related to Java in Safari and Firefox, and echoed Homeland Security's advisory that users disable Java in their browsers. Looks like bad things do happen in threes — Twitter's report comes on the heels of disclosures of hacking attacks on the WSJ and NY Times. it.slashdot.org/story/13/02/02/0340220/twitter-hacked

 

3. Wired: Threat Level: Kim Setter: 2013-02-01: Twitter Hacked; Company Says 250K Users May Have Been Affected: www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/twitter-hacked/

 

4. TechCrunch: 2013-02-01: Drew Olanoff: Just Go Change Your Twitter Password Now. techcrunch.com/2013/02/01/twitter-hacked-250k-affected-ju...

 

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