Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked [WARNING]

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At this point we're unsure of the cause: Access could have been gained through previous phishing schemes. However, one factor points to a likely suspect: All the tweets are posted via "API," meaning the spammers do not have direct access to the accounts. Rather, there's likely some third-party application that's been compromised (or a rogue one permitted by the users) that's pushing spam tweets.

Suffice it to say: If your friends start tweeting links to diet sites tonight, don't click the links!

We'll let you know when we learn more.

Thanks to Ike Pigott for the heads-up.

UPDATE: The Sophos blog has written about the attacks too.

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