Saturday, February 2, 2013

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Twitter Hit by Cyber Attack
Voice of America
Unlike the New York Times and Wall Street Journal newspapers, which said they were attacked by Chinese hackers this week, Twitter did not provide any information on where the hacking had originated. But Lord said in the posting that the attack was "not ...
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Twitter: Hackers hit 250000 accounts
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter confirmed Friday that it had become the latest victim in a number of high-profile cyber-attacks against media companies, saying that hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million ...
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Twitter, Washington Post Were Also Hacked
Slate Magazine (blog)
Another day, another report of a cyberattack against a media company. Except in this case there were two. Social media giant Twitter and the Washington Post were the latest companies to reveal they, too, were victims of cyberattacks. But the Post is ...
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Google's Schmidt: 'Twitter Can No More Produce Analysis Than A Monkey Can ...
TechCrunch
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt's upcoming book, The New Digital Age, isn't pulling any punches. From the "irrelevance" of anonymity to some juicy thoughts on Twitter, the Wall Street Journal published some thought-provoking quotes from the book slated to ...
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TechCrunch
Twitter hack: how to find out if you're affected, and what to do
The Guardian
Only if you joined Twitter roughly in the first half of 2007. At that time it had a few million users. People (including myself) who joined in May 2007 have been affected. If you can't remember when you joined Twitter, you can find out your "Twitter ...
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The Guardian
Twitter Breached, Attackers Stole 250000 User Data
PC Magazine
Attackers may have gained access to 250,000 accounts on Twitter, the microblogging site said. It's time to change your password…again. The site's security team identified multiple access attempts by unauthorized individuals to access user data this ...
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Twitter: 250000 users' data compromised in hacking attacks
CBS News
Twitter said today that it recently detected a series of attempts to hack into user data, and that the attackers may have successfully absconded with some users' information. In a blog post Friday afternoon, Twitter explained the situation, and the ...
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CBS News
Twitter latest target in cyber attack
Aljazeera.com
Hackers have targeted Twitter, gaining "limited" access to around 250,000 user accounts, the social networking site announced on Friday. "This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter ...
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Aljazeera.com
250000 Twitter Accounts Hacked: Don't Panic, Here's What to Do
ABC News (blog)
Approximately 250,000 Twitter account passwords have been compromised by hackers, Twitter said in a blog today, noting that the company now is among the "recent uptick in large-scale security attacks aimed at U.S. technology and media companies," ...
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ABC News (blog)
Twitter Stock Market Hoax Draws Attention Of Regulators
Huffington Post
From the boiler room-basement brokerages of southern New Jersey to the opulent office suites of midtown Manhattan hedge funds, the U.S. financial police is supposed to track down stock market fraud wherever it takes place. For what appears to be the ...
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Twitter Hacked: Data for 250000 Users May Be Stolen
New York Times (blog)
Twitter announced late Friday that it had been breached and that data for 250,000 Twitter users was vulnerable. The company said in a blog post that it detected unusual access patterns earlier this week and found that user information — usernames, e ...
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Hackers Targeted Twitter User Data
Wall Street Journal
Twitter Inc. on Friday said it had detected "sophisticated" unauthorized attempts to access information from the short-messaging service used by more than 200 million people. In a blog post, the San Francisco company said it identified this week ...
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Twitter Hacked: Data From 250000 Users Compromised
Businessweek
Twitter Inc., the microblogging service, said it was subjected to unauthorized attempts to hack into its systems and that attackers may have obtained access to information for about 250,000 users. While San Francisco-based Twitter didn't identify the ...
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The TVNewser Twitter Index: The Most-Followed Network Shows
mediabistro.com
Introducing the TVNewser Twitter index, where we take a look at how TV news programs are ranking on that other real-time medium, Twitter. This week: the most-followed broadcast network morning shows and evening news programs. Next week we look at ...
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mediabistro.com
Twitter passwords hacked on 250000 accounts
The Independent
Twitter reset the compromised passwords and sent emails informing affected users. One of those users was Rory Cellan-Jones, a journalist who covers technology for the BBC. The attack follows other high-profile hacking attacks, inlcluding China-based ...
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The Independent
Twitter: hackers have stolen passwords of 250000 users
Telegraph.co.uk
The security breach is one of the biggest to ever affect Twitter, which has 200 million active users, and highlights growing concerns over the danger of so-called cyber attacks. Twitter said it had warned all the users who had their passwords stolen ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Twitter Hacked: Company Says Data From 250000 Accounts May Have Been ...
Huffington Post
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as 250,000 user accounts, the microblog revealed late on Friday. Twitter said in a blog post that ...
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Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh: Twitter Reaction, Postgame Recap and Analysis
Bleacher Report
For the second game in a row, the No. 6 Syracuse Orange (18-3, 6-2) fell to an unranked opponent, as the Pittsburgh Panthers (17-5, 6-4) handed down a shocking 65-55 loss. Following the four-point overtime loss to Villanova last time out, Syracuse shot ...
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Bleacher Report
Hackers hit Twitter, affecting a quarter of a million accounts
Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is the latest target of hackers. The San Francisco company disclosed late Friday that its systems had been attacked by hackers and that nearly a quarter of a million Twitter users were affected. The attack took place over the ...
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Twitter Says Hackers May Have Compromised 250000 Accounts
Forbes
On Friday afternoon Twitter began sending emails to certain users warning them that their accounts "may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter," and resetting their passwords. In a separate blog post, the company's ...
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Forbes
Twitter Sends Out Emails To 250K Users Who 'May' Have Been Compromised ...
TechCrunch
The text of the email is below. In its blog post on the hacking, Twitter recommends that all users make sure they have a secure enough password on their account. In truth, there still seems to be some big unanswered questions. Twitter notes that ...
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TechCrunch
Twitter Hacked: 250000 Accounts at Risk
TIME
This afternoon, I got an e-mail from Twitter saying it had reason to believe my account had been compromised, and was therefore making me change my password. After I verified that the e-mail was indeed from Twitter — rather than a phisher trying to ...
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Twitter Hack Hits 250000 Users
PC Magazine
As a result, Twitter has reset the passwords and revoked session tokens for the affected accounts. Those involved will receive an email from Twitter notifying them that they will have to reset their password. "Your old password will not work when you ...
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Is Twitter Really Worth $10 Billion?
Technorati
Twitter has been in the news recently due to a hack of Twitter servers that apparently left around 250,000 accounts compromised. This bad news doesn't seem to have impacted their valuation though, as Fortune revealed that the company is currently on ...
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Twitter Hacked; Company Says 250K Users May Have Been Affected
Wired
Following a string of revelations this week from several media companies who announced they had been recently hacked, Twitter announced on Friday that it had also been the target of a sophisticated attack. The company wrote in a blog post ironically ...
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Twitter hacked, 250000 users affected
ZDNet
Summary: Twitter has just reported that earlier this week, it was a victim of a successful compromise of its systems, resulting in the "limited access" to user information, including usernames, email addresses, session tokens, and encrypted/salted ...
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Twitter confirms theft of 250000 user names, emails in hack
NBCNews.com (blog)
Twitter announced in a blog post Friday that a recent, "extremely sophisticated" hack may have exposed around 250,000 users' email addresses and other information. "This attack was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated ...
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Twitter hit by anonymous hackers in cyberattack
Deutsche Welle
In a blog post, Twitter's information security director, Bob Lord, said that the company had detected unauthorized attempts to access user data earlier in the week and stopped one live cyberattack in the process. "This attack was not the work of ...
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Blogs12 new results for Twitter
 
Twitter Blog: Keeping our users secure
By Twitter
This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter user data. We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. However, our investigation has ...
Twitter Blog
Twitter warns of a concerted hacking attempt, says 250,000 might be ...
By Jon Fingas
Now would be a good time to refresh your Twitter password. The social network has revealed that there was at least one attack on its servers this week.
Engadget
Twitter hacked -- approximately 250,000 accounts affected
By Wayne Williams
If you've just received an email from Twitter warning that as a precautionary security measure the micro-blogging site has reset your Twitter account password, and inviting you to create a new one, you should take it seriously. Very seriously.
BetaNews
Hackers May Have Gained Access to 250,000 Twitter Accounts ...
By Jason Howerton
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In the latest online attack, Twitter says hackers may have gained access to information on 250000 of its more than 200 million active users. In a blog posting Friday, Twitter says it detected attempts this week to gain ...
TheBlaze.com - Stories
250,000 Twitter accounts compromised in sophisticated cyber attack ...
By RT
Twitter has become the latest target of a sophisticated cyber attack, with around 250000 accounts exposed. The breach appears to be the latest in a string of attacks on news content sites that's being blamed on Chinese hackers.
News RSS : Today
250,000 user accounts attacked in Twitter security breach | Digital ...
By Molly McHugh
Twitter says it was attacked this week and that 250000 user passwords were stolen.
Twitter Admits To Hack, Data For 250,000 Users Accessed – The ...
By Chris Morran
An investigation into the attack found that what Twitter is calling "limited user information – usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords" was accessed for those 250,000 accounts. The company ...
The Consumerist
real-time twitter visualization lights up the world by franck ernewein
By lara db
the display is a constantly transforming image that grows and morphs to mimic a nighttime satellite shot, with hotspots where there are more tweets.
designboom
Twitter Gets Hit By Anonymous Hackers | KTLA 5
By cassiegaskinktla
If your a constant tweeter you may want to check out some of your previous tweets.
KTLA 5
Twitter says hacking attack may have affected 250K users - TechRadar
By Michelle Fitzsimmons
Twitter says hacking attack may have affected 250K users - News comes after breaches at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The Twit.
TechRadar: All latest feeds
250,000 Twitter Accounts Hacked - Truthdig
By editor@truthdig.com
Anonymous hackers gained access to the usernames, email addresses and passwords associated with a quarter of a million Twitter accounts before the company noticed "unusual access patterns" across its network Friday, The Guardian ...
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Twitter: Hackers may have had access to 'limited information' for ...
By Samantha Kimmey
Twitter acknowledged on Friday that hackers may have had access to user information for a quarter of a million people. "We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. However, our investigation has ...
The Raw Story

Web5 new results for Twitter
 
Melinda Emerson (SmallBizLady) on Twitter
Trends tailored just for you. Trends offer a unique way to get closer to what you care about. They are tailored for you based on your location and who you follow.
https://upload.twitter.com/SmallBizLady
Hackers target Twitter, could affect 250,000 user accounts | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as ...
www.reuters.com/.../net-us-twitter-hacked-idUSBRE91100I20...
Twitter hacked; 250,000 accounts affected - CNN.com
Twitter is coming forward as the latest site to be hacked. The social network said in a blog post Friday afternoon that approximately 250000 user accounts were ...
www.cnn.com/2013/02/01/tech/social-media/twitter-hacked
CDCgov (CDCgov) on Twitter
@CDCgov is official Twitter source for daily credible health & safety updates f/ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. Privacy policy: http://go.usa.gov/8Ea ...
https://upload.twitter.com/CDCgov
Hackers target Twitter - Politico
Some 250000 Twitter accounts may have been compromised by hackers, the social network announced Friday. As a result of what the company called " unusual ...
www.politico.com/.../twitter-hack-250000-accounts-may-have...


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