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Twitter Hack Details Revealed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-password-is-p4ssw0rd dept.

Jack Spine writes "Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has confirmed both to ZDNet UK and Wired's Threat Level blog that a dictionary attack was used to hack Twitter. After the hacker distributed details on the Digital Gangster forum, celebrities such as Britney Spears and Barack Obama had their accounts defaced. Wired spoke to the alleged hacker, while ZDNet UK got in contact with someone who had been on the Digital Gangster forum at the time."

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  1. iam3prez by wsanders · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Obama's account hacked with a dictionary attack?

    Come on, he has people to warn him about this stuff. Assuming the account REALLY belonged to him.

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  2. Smelly linux crapware detected .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    on twitter servers. Why dont they use a real OS like NT instead of some toy hippie crap like linux. Oops I guess I forgot slashcrap "logic"

    Windows site hacked - LOLZ!!111 bug in windows, M$ Suxx0rs
    Linux site hacked - Sysadmin is incompetent

    Year of the linux.. hell yeah !

    http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0901.0/00653.html

    HAHAHA.

  3. Re:Lack of Hacker Ethics by drpimp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't get me wrong, calling him gay is a good laugh, I can't stand the guy in all his omnipotent arrogance, but there are a lot more negative impacting points about the guy that would have been better to point out. That said, those who actually read his Tweets probably either wouldn't understand the truth, or opposing opinions if it smacked them in their face.

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  4. Re:Lack of Hacker Ethics by plnix0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you trust Barack Obama, you've already compromised your own security.