Twitter hacked, up to 250,000 accounts compromised
As Twitter's stored passwords are encrypted there's little chance that the hackers could reveal the actual plain text password, but as a "precautionary security measure" Twitter has reset the passwords and revoked session tokens for all affected accounts.
Twitter managed to discover the attack while it was in to process of accessing unauthorized data, which meant they could shut it down before any more data was accessed.
Twitter is working with law enforcement agencies to try and find the people responsible for the recent attack, while also telling people to disable Java on their computers.
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AR15Posted:
My account wasnt affected thank god. Sucks if you're one of the 250K that got their account compromised.
VoyboyPosted:
Activez-MS gets hacked everyday..so many of those attacks come from China tooTopNotchKiNG Well doesn't suprise me, Twitter is actually steadily climbing, so more attention has been put on it. PSN and other Communitys have been the subject of recent hacking's, Microsoft seems to be the only one smooth sailing.
It's M$ behind the hacking then. Lol. Even if M$ was to be hacked they would lose so much money in repairing it all. Accounts, credit cards, personal info, etc.
Spark-Web-DesignPosted:
DEEJAYstar46 How did they manage to get so many passwords?
Easy SQL Injection
LuckyOtterPosted:
dominik12 so stupid twitter its made so you can now every thing someone does thts so stupid ppl waster there time go get a job
Wow... Did you graduate the fifth grade? That comment is possibly the worst grammar I have seen in a while. You might want to go back to school before you comment on the internet.
OasisPosted:
Twitter is a very powerful tool.
Also, from some of these comments it seems like people think some companies don't get hacked. People like MS/Sony/IBM etc get attacked EVERY day. You just don't hear about it.
Also, from some of these comments it seems like people think some companies don't get hacked. People like MS/Sony/IBM etc get attacked EVERY day. You just don't hear about it.
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