Hacking Into Twitter
Sunday, October 18, 2009
By Meghan Vosberg
Identity theft,Password trafficking,Counterfeiting of currency,Child Pornography or Exploitation, and computer intrusion (hacking) are all types of cyber crime. We have all heard how to prevent these, and what sites they usually happen on, but now a new site has fallen victim of cyber crime. Are you safe on your Twitter account?
Twitter, the popular social networking site, has recently been hacked. This is troublesome for users, because the majority of people use the same password on different accounts. Some of these accounts hold financial or person information, such as shopping sites like ebay or amazon.com.
High profile celebrities have also had their Twitter accounts hacked. Britney Spears, Bill O'Reilly, and President Barack Obama.
Hacking has been around since the dawn of the internet therefore making it a common and easily found skill. If you are sent a link asking for your log in credential, be aware that it may not be secure.
Photo Credit: Yahoo! Inc.
3 comments:
I would like to know how likely the hacker knows what other accounts each person has. It is not smart to use the same password for each account, but sometimes using the same one makes things a lot easier to remember. Atleast twitter doesn't have too much personal information unlike facebook.
I use the same passwords for most websites just because of convenience. I would like to know how the hackers are able to get this information too.
This really changes the reliability of Twitter if even Obama's account has been hacked.
-Tessa Leone
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