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Sunday, September 5, 2010

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    Another Twitter hack

    An unemployed 25 year old French man has reportedly hacked into Twitter accounts belonging to celebrities, including Obama’s and Britney Spear’s.

    The guy hacked into the accounts by just guessing passwords. According to investigators,

    He simply worked out the answers to password reminder questions on the targets’ accounts

    The suspect was arrested after an operation lasting several months, conducted by French police, along with agents from the FBI. He faces 2 years in jail if convicted of hacking into a database.


    by Siva Ram, CISA, PCI-QSA, PA-QSA
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