On Monday, the biggest headline was “Twitter hacked” given that users say their Twitter follower stats fall to zero. In just one second of time, Twitter users saw their Twitter follow stats disappear. But “Twitter hacked” was just one more social 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 one of the most recent social media security issue. But when compared to Blippy exposing credit card numbers online and Facebook phishing scams, Twitter hacked might 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 though 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 one more blog jumped on board the short term loans 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 started on 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 explained at 1:02 p.m. eastern time. MSNBC reported that the followers were restored by 2:15 p.m.
Twitter hacked directly after 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 that checked their E-mail Sunday morning saw a note that asked “Would you like a Facebook phone number?” This thing was also sent to all of the friends of the individuals that entered in their password in response to the message from Breyer.
Followers of Twitter, beware of Blippy
Twitter being hacked and Facebook phishing has sparked a huge debate that has social media users wondering just how secure their personal details really is and what companies like Facebook and Twitter are really doing with it. One of the scariest 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 somebody 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.
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's-account-is-breached/
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