[pchelpers] News:Behind Twitter's Hacking Troubles

By John Carr 
February 11, 2009 7:27AM
In the case of the hacked Twitter employee, the combination of a weak
password, "happiness," and Twitter's lax security regarding repeated
login attempts made it fairly simple for the hacker to gain entry.
Twitter has not indicated that it has fixed this vulnerability by
limiting the number of password attempts. 

In January, the steady stream of Tweets was interrupted briefly when
Twitter succumbed to two major Internet glitches in a big way. 

Right after the new year, Tweet warnings began circulating that some
direct messages that contained a link were part of a phishing scam.
Then, on Jan. 5, a hacker accessed a Twitter employee's account,
granting him or her access to administrative tools to reset the password
on any other users' accounts: The hacker had access to the entire
Twitter network.

More here:
http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=023000SJWKT5&full_skip=1
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