New York Jets Wide Receiver David Clowney joined a new support group recently. The “no-I-didn’t-say-that-on-Twitter-what-do-you-think-I’m-nuts?” club.
Clowney and a growing number of celebrities, politicians, and other high profile individuals have had their Twitter accounts compromised, only to have the hacker send out humiliating tweets to the online world.
Clowney’s Twitter account hack has been one of the worst so far with the attacker going on for hours, swearing at and insulting bewildered fans. Other notable hack attacks include the Fox News Twitter account, where comments about Bill O’Riley’s sexuality popped up, and the Britney Spears Twitter feed, where the assailant posted extremely distasteful remarks about the pop superstar, as well as references to Satanic worship. CNN’s Rick Sanchez, President Barack Obama, and The Huffington Post have all had their tweets hijacked too with disturbing results.
The majority of Twitter account hackings occurred back on January 5, when 33 tweeters had their accounts put into lock-down phase after Twitter discovered an infiltration. The company released a statement on the Twitter Blog, saying the hacker had “hacked into some of the tools our support team uses to help people do things like edit the email address associated with their Twitter account when they can’t remember or get stuck.” Twitter responded by moving the support tools offline for a period. Additionally, Twitter officials claimed they were undertaking a “full security review of all access points” at the time determine the problem, while increasing sign-in security.
Currently, the company is working on a beta version of Twitter Verified Accounts – a method of determining the authenticity of users who establish Twitter accounts. In other words, making sure Britney Spears or an official agent of Britney Spears is setting up the Britney Spears Twitter account. However, this system doesn’t address who is writing the tweets on each account.
Source: http://www.reputation.com/blog/2009/11/
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