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Twitter #Hacked

Posted by timothy on from the coz-it's-a-hashtag-see dept.

theodp writes "Earlier this week, hackers gained access to Twitter's internal systems and stole information, compromising 250,000 Twitter accounts before the breach was stopped. Reporting the incident on the company's official blog, Twitter's manager of network security did not specify the method by which hackers penetrated its system, but mentioned vulnerabilities related to Java in Safari and Firefox, and echoed Homeland Security's advisory that users disable Java in their browsers. Sure, blame everything on Larry Ellison. Looks like bad things do happen in threes — Twitter's report comes on the heels of disclosures of hacking attacks on the WSJ and NY Times."

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  1. "manager of network did security not specify" by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, one thing is for sure - the exploit was written with a context-free grammar.

    --
    My God, it's Full of Source!
    OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
    1. Re:"manager of network did security not specify" by VortexCortex · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, one thing is for sure - the exploit was written with a context-free grammar.

      I one our free overloards context welcome for.

      Decode shift-pop order via.

  2. Re:And The Washington Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Begun the cyber war has.

  3. Re:Safari and Firefox by icebike · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who reads twitter with a web browser anymore?

    Did osmosis and transmission into the brain by optical cable get perfected while I was offline in the last three weeks? Can you let us in on the secret...

    Funny little thing happened while your were asleep Rip Van Winkle. Smartphones were found under a cabbage leaf and the world rejoiced.

    --
    Sig Battery depleted. Reverting to safe mode.