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Twitter Security Breached, Again
Techtree News Staff, May 04, 2009 1739 hrs ISTBarack Obama's account hacked amongst others
Twitter seems to have gotten used to be always in the limelight now. Weeks after the Ashton Kutcher saga and news about Oprah Winfrey being too impressed, its time for some security related news.
After the teenager-created Mikkey worm wrecked havoc in mid-April, another hacker, a French hacker by the screen name "Hacker Croll" has managed to break into Twitter's systems and sneak in information related to user accounts, including that of U.S. President Barack Obama's. In a display of arrogance, the hacker has posted screenshots of him viewing private details of the accounts-including details regarding the IP address of the user who accessed the account last.
The news has been confirmed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. He, however, added that only 10 accounts were broken into and that none of the information in the accounts was altered or removed. The hacker accessed a Yahoo e-mail ID of a Twitter employee from where he got the password to gain access in to the Twitter systems. Earlier this year, another hacker had managed to break into high profile twitter accounts including that of Britney Spears and Barack Obama, who seems to be amongst hacker's favorite!
After the teenager-created Mikkey worm wrecked havoc in mid-April, another hacker, a French hacker by the screen name "Hacker Croll" has managed to break into Twitter's systems and sneak in information related to user accounts, including that of U.S. President Barack Obama's. In a display of arrogance, the hacker has posted screenshots of him viewing private details of the accounts-including details regarding the IP address of the user who accessed the account last.
The news has been confirmed by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. He, however, added that only 10 accounts were broken into and that none of the information in the accounts was altered or removed. The hacker accessed a Yahoo e-mail ID of a Twitter employee from where he got the password to gain access in to the Twitter systems. Earlier this year, another hacker had managed to break into high profile twitter accounts including that of Britney Spears and Barack Obama, who seems to be amongst hacker's favorite!
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