Twitter Outtage: Hacked by “Iranian Cyber Army” (Why you might want to change your passwords)
from TechCrunch.com
Late night or West Coast tweeters in the US (as well as our international counterparts in other time zones) may have noticed that Twitter’s been down since around 10PM PST tonight.
According to TechCrunch (via www.downloadsquad.com) the site has been reportedly hacked by the ”Iranian Cyber Army”.
Before you dismiss the attack as a mere inconvenience or smirk at the tweeting minions left without an outlet for their 140 character quips, consider the following points from the TechCruch article:
Twitter does not have the best record with security issues. We have previously covered a number of incidents, and as recently as two months ago their web servers were misconfigured to reveal detailed internal network information. We also previously wrote about their admin interface having a password of ‘password’ on one account, and the well-known Twitter doc incident. It was hoped that with the hiring of a new COO, Dick Costolo, as well as a number of other high-level engineers, including security experts, that Twitter had grown out of the phase of being vulnerable to security incidents on such a large scale.
Of particular note:
(emphasis mine)
It is suggested that if you use the same password on your Twitter account with other accounts, now would be a good time to change your password on those other accounts.
Get the complete story and current status by reading the full article (providing updates, screenshots and details regarding attack) here: Twitter Hacked, Defaced By “Iranian Cyber Army” (Developing)
Source: Twitter down, reportedly hacked by “Iranian Cyber Army”.
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