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Scarlett. 21-09-2010 12:23 PM
Warning: Stay off Twitter today
 
It's all ****ed up lol, someone exposed a security flaw now it's all gone mad

James 21-09-2010 12:30 PM
More about it here - http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/201...ely-exploited/

Fetch The Bolt Cutters 21-09-2010 12:35 PM
umg

Princess 21-09-2010 12:50 PM
Went on now and got freaked out by it. Definitely staying off,thanks for this!

GypsyGoth 21-09-2010 01:11 PM
I don't use twitter thankfully, is it some kind of spam virus?

LaLaLand 21-09-2010 01:41 PM
Mine's been fine :/

Scarlett. 21-09-2010 01:46 PM
I think Twitter have removed the loophole now

James 21-09-2010 01:49 PM
Quote:
If you have been hit with the security bug/flaw – here’s how to fix it quickly and easily:
Go to Twitter’s mobile site and login - http://mobile.twitter.com/
Go to your user page
Delete the bad virus tweets
It may take a minute for your Twitter account to appear clean

After you have cleaned the bad tweets, make sure not to mouse over any links in the Twitter.com interface. And just to be safe, change your password.

Apparently the third party client tools for accessing Twitter are not affected by this bug – so if you need to Tweet that pic of your dog, that you just ate a ham sandwich or that you are now at the Borders buying the latest Playboy, check out Tweetdeck, Brizzly or Seesmic.
http://www.centernetworks.com/twitte...law-how-to-fix

BB_Eye 21-09-2010 01:50 PM
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It appears that in Sarah Brown's case her Twitter page has been messed with in an attempt to redirect visitors to a hardcore porn site based in Japan. That's obviously bad news for her followers - over one million of them.
They probably just took advantage of her husband's browsing history. :D

arista 21-09-2010 02:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chewy (Post 3803465)
It's all ****ed up lol, someone exposed a security flaw now it's all gone mad

Yes the Hacker did it to show it could be done
He then contacted the BBC and others.



Worms to the Dark side.

Info: Richard Bacon /Radio 5


Maybe they should Employ him as security

arista 21-09-2010 02:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jonnii (Post 3803535)
Mine's been fine :/

It was not on the phone app for twitter.

Only the Web site.

arista 21-09-2010 02:31 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chewy (Post 3803538)
I think Twitter have removed the loophole now


No the Hacker himself did it.

arista 21-09-2010 02:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Princess (Post 3803487)
Went on now and got freaked out by it. Definitely staying off,thanks for this!

The Dark Side Worm
not for you.

Barbie 21-09-2010 02:32 PM
so what was it doing? just loads of pop ups!

arista 21-09-2010 02:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbie (Post 3803593)
so what was it doing? just loads of pop ups!

Its Fixed now.


But it was able to move your mouse to the Worms in the Dark Side.

Barbie 21-09-2010 02:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by arista (Post 3803594)
Its Fixed now.


But it was able to move your mouse to the Worms in the Dark Side.
That sounds worrying! so it made you click on stuff :(

arista 21-09-2010 02:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbie (Post 3803598)
That sounds worrying! so it made you click on stuff :(

Yes the hacker was showing off.


So the mouse would arrive on the Twitter Site
then start moving on its own.
Into the Worms.



He has proved he has power
and even contacted the BBC by text or something.
Magnus - I think he called himself


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11382469


"The first self-replicating code, or worm, seems to have been written by a developer called Magnus Holm."


"The code was spread by worms, self-replicating, malicious pieces of code.

Thousands of users were caught out by the flaw, including Sarah Brown, the wife of the UK's former UnElected Prime Minister."

InOne 21-09-2010 03:05 PM
It was me. Soz guys xo

arista 21-09-2010 03:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by InOne (Post 3803627)
It was me. Soz guys xo

no it was not.
You fake

Harry! 21-09-2010 03:57 PM
Warning: Stay off Twitter altogether!!!!

Cos I said so.

InOne 21-09-2010 04:40 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by arista (Post 3803667)
no it was not.
You fake
And how do YOU know?

SoBig 22-09-2010 12:11 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100922...20100922092602


This is the kid who started it.

http://twitter.com/zzap

SoBig 22-09-2010 12:15 PM
http://twitter.com/zzap/status/25105179036

http://twitter.com/zzap/status/25105107613

http://twitter.com/zzap/status/25105328440

http://twitter.com/zzap/status/25105440191

http://twitter.com/zzap/status/25105534508

Crazy, those are the tweets that started the whole thing.

Scarlett. 22-09-2010 12:20 PM
How sad must they have been to work out that

Shaun 22-09-2010 01:20 PM
Mine was fine :/

I use it very rarely though.


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