Twitter Was Hacked, Again!
The San Francisco-based company, Twitter, has become victim of a security breach for the third time.
In this latest case, a hacker got the password for an employee’s personal e-mail account, possibly by guessing or by correctly answering a security question. He then worked from there to steal confidential company documents.
Most social security sites do not use SSL, thereby the session ID of their user, which is included in the URL, sits on a proxy. Hackers use this effectively to gain entry. Also, password recovery features of employees private email account get compromised as in the case of Twitter.
Identity theft is vulnerability on social networking sites. It’s always important not to leave open complete profile and contact information. It is an area that needs user education.
Article on FOX NEWS: Twitter Hacked, Confidential Files Made Public
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