Twitter Attack Caused Thousands to Retweet a Single Message

Posted by airabongco under Social Media
From http://smallbiztrends.com 3817 days ago
Made Hot by: NolanGreen on June 21, 2014 7:50 pm

Twitter was currently attacked when a bug at Tweetdeck caused multiple accounts to tweet the same message. This has posed a serious security issue in the social medium.

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Written by ChelseaLeigh
3782 days ago

Wow. I am not sure if they are making it more public, I think technology is advancing and with the brilliant but devious minds that can be found in the world they are using it to hack into companies. I think because of the advanced technology it is easier to hack now then say ten years ago. Sad but a fact. Just got to be careful.

Thanks for sharing the article!

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Written by ChelseaLeigh
3782 days ago

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Written by lyceum
3807 days ago

Ebele: I don't know if Hootsuite got hacked? I have to do a search... My guess is that Hootsuite got a warning flag for the Heartbleed bug.

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Written by lyceum
3809 days ago

Is it Hootsuite safer to use than Tweetdeck?

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Written by ebele
3808 days ago

Lyceum: Wasn't Hootsuite hacked into a while ago? Or was it on the list of one of the various sites that were considered vulnerable re: the Heartbleed bug?

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Written by ebele
3815 days ago

This seems to be happening more and more often with popular sites. Or is it just the case that big companies that are attacked are making it public more often?

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