Twitter Hacked – Twitter Follower Stats Vanish During Bug Fix
“Twitter hacked” was the headline Monday as users saw their Twitter follower stats fall to zero. In just one second of time, Twitter users saw their Twitter follow stats disappear. This whole idea of “Twitter hacked” ended up being just a media wildfire rumor. Twitter’s follow stats display was disabled by Twitter itself to fix a bug that allowed Twitter users to force others to be their Twitter followers. It’s the latest of many recent social media security issues. Twitter hacked could have been worse compared to Blippy exposing credit card numbers online and Facebook phishing scams.
Exposed is the Twitter follow bug in the Twitter hacked scandal
Part of the Twitter being hacked rumor was that Twitter users were led to believe that Twitter was hacked after a Turkish blog exposed the Twitter follow bug and offered instructions on how to exploit it. Caroline Mccarthy at CNET reports that another blog jumped on board the same day loan of scandalous intel. Webrazzi forced the Twitter accounts of Twitter CEO Evan Williams and Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, to follow a dummy profile. The bug allowed Twitter members to add followers by tweeting “accept” followed by “@” and any registered Twitter user name.
Twitter followers fall to zero
After “Twitter hacked” headlines broke loose Monday, Twitter sent a notice on the company’s Twitter feed that everyone’s Twitter follower states were affected while the bug was being fixed. “Follow count display is set to zero and follow/unfollow is temporarily offline while we fix a bug,” Twitter tweeted at 1:02 p.m. eastern time. MSNBC reported that the follower lists were restored back to where they were originally by 2:15 p.m.
Twitter hacked directly after Facebook phishing
The Twitter hacked story is right on the heels of the Facebook phishing scam. According to pehub.com, a Facebook event invitation was sent to some of the over 2,300 friends of Jim Breyer, a venture capitalist who sits on Facebook’s board of directors. Breyer’s Facebook friends that checked their E-mail Sunday morning saw a note that asked “Would you like a Facebook phone number?” Users who entered their passwords in response to the spoof message from Breyer in turn had the whole thing sent to their friends lists, too.
Beware Blippy , Twitter followers
Twitter being hacked and Facebook phishing has sparked a huge debate that has social media users wondering very much just how secure their personal information is and what companies like Facebook and Twitter are doing with it. One of the most frightening social media security incidents adding to this debate is that of Blippy exposing credit card numbers online. Blippy will use their social networking to inform their friends what they are buying online. Those concerned about financial security should know that someone figured out how to find Blippy members’ credit card numbers on Google. 127 results were found in a search that had full credit card numbers before Blippy fixed the problem.
Article Resources
Caroline Mccarthy at CNET
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20004563-36.html
MSNBC reported
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37066547/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
pehub.com
http://www.pehub.com/71201/facebook-loses-face-board-member%E2%80%99s-account-is-breached/
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