Monthly Archives: February 2013

Donald Trump’s Twitter account hacked, Zendesk system hacked too, affecting Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr users

The latest Twitter hack in the past few days was targeted at Donald Trump’s official Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump). On Thursday afternoon when a tweet appeared on Trump’s Twitter profile saying “These hoes think they classy, well that’s the class I’m skippen”, everyone knew something was wrong. And it was. 15 minutes later the tweet was [...]

Burger King Twitter account hacked because of whopper123

Burger King, the US fast-food company, had its official Twitter account (@burgerking) compromised on Monday. Their Twitter profile picture was changed to the McDonalds logo and the background picture was switched to show a McDonald’s background and Fish McBites. Many posts were tweeted under the hacked account, with some of them containing racial oaths, drug [...]

Twitter security breach targets 250,000 user passwords

Twitter recently announced that as many as 250,00 users may have been impacted by a cyberattack. Password security is a must for anyone who logs into websites and social media accounts. The popularity of sites like Twitter has made such channels likely targets for dangerous cybercriminals. In an official blog post, Twitter recently announced that [...]