Twitter is the latest target of a “phishing” campaign — an attempt by hackers to gather usernames and passwords through deceptive means. This particular scam sent out emails resembling those you might receive from Twitter if you get email notifications of your Direct Messages.
What Is Phishing?
Wikipedia defines phishing as “the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.”
How it work, well in Twitter case
It seems that a hacker gained access to the accounts through an online tool that was developed for the Twitter staff. The tools were used by staff to recover and change passwords for users who could no longer recover them themselves.
How to protect yourself
The smartest protection? Don’t follow e-mail links, and always look carefully at a URL before handing over any sensitive information. If you think you’ve been duped, follow this link to reset your password ASAP, or contact Twitter support for additional help.
Where to find more information about this?
You could point your browser the following article for more information:
- Gone Phishing
- Twitter Phishing Scam: Watch Out!
- Twitter Gets Some Street Cred
- Security Issues Plague Twitter
- Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What’s Being Done
- Obama Twitter Acount Hacked? Or Given Away?
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