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by Joshua Long on June 20, 2012 |
Filed Under: Featured, Social networks, Spam
On June 6, the same day that the infamous LinkedIn password breach was widely reported, there seems to have quietly begun an epidemic of Twitter account hacking.
That afternoon, I got a direct message (DM) from someone I follow saying "You don't need any prior experience!" followed by a link. I have followed this Twitter user for three years and had never received spam from him before.
I replied and soon found out that the person still had control of his account. He changed his password on Twitter (and LinkedIn, on my recommendation) and I suggested he revoke authorization for any apps that he may have recently connected with his Twitter account.
That seemed to have resolved the problem. For him, anyway.
Over the next couple weeks, I received three more direct messages from followers whose accounts had been hacked, each containing a link to a similar site:
"Hey, Why work for somebody else?"
"best decision I ever made was checking this out. just click on this link"
"Hey pal, a woman tells CNBC about making money from home!"
Filed Under: Featured, Social networks, Spam
On June 6, the same day that the infamous LinkedIn password breach was widely reported, there seems to have quietly begun an epidemic of Twitter account hacking.
That afternoon, I got a direct message (DM) from someone I follow saying "You don't need any prior experience!" followed by a link. I have followed this Twitter user for three years and had never received spam from him before.
I replied and soon found out that the person still had control of his account. He changed his password on Twitter (and LinkedIn, on my recommendation) and I suggested he revoke authorization for any apps that he may have recently connected with his Twitter account.
That seemed to have resolved the problem. For him, anyway.
Over the next couple weeks, I received three more direct messages from followers whose accounts had been hacked, each containing a link to a similar site:
"Hey, Why work for somebody else?"
"best decision I ever made was checking this out. just click on this link"
"Hey pal, a woman tells CNBC about making money from home!"
Continued
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