Twitter wisdom: April 9, 2013

Here's food for thought from people you should be following on Twitter. Actually it strikes me dentistry and infosec are similar. We both breach prevention better than the cure but often are ignore...

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MTV’s Twitter Hacking Prank Misfires

Burger King got things rolling. Then it was Jeep. Hackers made merry on the Twitter pages of the leading brands, sending out weird messages and changing the design and layout of the profile. They also used the platform to spread rumors. Well apparently the hacking worked out well for Burger King. They now have 30,000 more followers on their Twitter page than before it was hacked. The latest to join the hacked brigade was MTV. Their Twitter page was hacked by……. MTV! Believe it or not, the music channel decided to pull a prank on its followers and the Twitterati in general. The hack was evident as several strange and outrageous tweets were made from their account, some quite notorious in nature. Well, it was later revealed that it was all a major prank by MTV itself to have a little fun. The celebs offended by the messages they saw posted about them on MTV’s Twitter feed would not see the fun in that for sure. In the end, it turned out to be a major publicity stunt. Clearly, Microsoft was impressed by the fact that Burger King gained 30,000 followers after being hacked and thought they would try the [...]

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Zendesk hack endangers Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest users

Popular customer service software provider Zendesk has announced that they have been hacked. "We�ve become aware that a hacker accessed our system this week. As soon as we learned of the attack, we...

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Twitter Responds to Burger King Hacking

Something fishy has been over at Twitter. The accounts of some leading businesses have been hacked over the past few week, none more sensationally than Burger King. Not only was someone able to breach Burger King’s account, but make it appear like a McDonald’s page. In fact, the description read that the failure of the Whopper had led to the sale of Burger King to Mickey D’s. The problem has been solved but question marks arose over the password security on Twitter. Apart from Burger King, Jeep was the other brand to suffer the same fate as its account got hacked. Given the fact that these are two major brands worth billions, this creates a potentially grave situation for the average user. How can a person expect his/her Twitter account to remain safe and private? To diffuse the situation, Twitter has offered some tips for its users to protect their passwords in a better way. According to them, this would prevent your account from getting hacked. However, this still doesn’t show what the company is doing to offer better security and protection to its users. The result of this might be many users discontinuing their Twitter accounts. Somewhat mysteriously, the [...]

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Zendesk hack endangers Tumblr, Twitter and Pinterest users

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Twitter entreats users to use better passwords

Twitter is urging users once again to improve their passwords - both on Twitter and on other online services. Apart from the usual advice on using longer, more complex, and unique passwords for all...

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Twitter calls for smarter password habits following Jeep, Burger King hacks

Twitter is urging its account holders to be smarter with their passwords following two recent attacks by hackers directed at Burger King and Jeep that took control of those accounts.

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Flip side to Burger King Twitter hack: Many new followers

Burger King saw a surprising upside after its Twitter account was compromised on Monday: tens of thousands of people began following its account.

Those people may have started following the burger chain's feed in hopes of seeing more bizarre and profane messages. But by Monday evening, the company tweeted: "Interesting day here at Burger King, but we're back! Welcome to our new followers. Hope you all stick around!"

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