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“Twitter hacked” was the headline Monday as users saw their Twitter follower stats fall to zero. Every Twitter user from Ashton Kutcher to the Average person lost their Twitter follow stats. This whole idea of “Twitter hacked” ended up being just a media wildfire rumor. Twitter disabled Twitter’s follow stats in order to fix a bug that was letting Twitter users force others into following them. This is just the most recent social media security issue. But when compared to Blippy exposing credit card numbers online and Facebook phishing scams, Twitter hacked could be worse.
Exposed is the Twitter follow bug in the Twitter hacked scandal
Part and parcel of 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 explains that another blog jumped on board the same day loan of scandalous intel. Webrazzi forced the Twitter accounts of Twitter CEO Evan Williams and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg 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 becomes none
After “Twitter hacked” headlines began Monday, Twitter sent a notice on the company’s Twitter feed that everyone’s Twitter follower states were very much 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 by 2:15 p.m.
Twitter hacked following Facebook phishing
The Twitter hacked story is hot on the heels of news about the latest 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 checking their E-mail Sunday morning saw a note asking “Would you like a Facebook phone number?” This thing was also sent to all of the friends of the people that entered in their password in response to the message from Breyer.
Twitter followers beware Blippy
Twitter being hacked and Facebook phishing has sparked a debate that has social media users wondering just how secure their personal information is and what companies like Facebook and Twitter are doing with it. One social media security incident adding to this debate is that of Blippy exposing credit card numbers online. Blippy has users use social networking to tell their friends all about what they buy online. Those concerned about financial security should know that someone figured out how to find Blippy members’ credit card numbers on Google. Before Blippy fixed the flaw, a search showed 127 results that had full credit card numbers.
Sources
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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