Twitter co-founder may have been hit by same hacking group as Mark Zuckerberg
This is getting out of control.
Evan Williams, the cofounder and former CEO of Twitter, appears to have had his Twitter account compromised briefly on Wednesday.
A group by the name of OurMine -- the same group that claimed credit for compromising Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts this weekend -- took credit for hacking Williams' account in a tweet, which was deleted minutes later.
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Williams told Mashable that the hackers had gained access to his Twitter account via Foursquare. He did not go into more detail, but it is likely the group got into his Foursquare via a password used elsewhere and then shared a tweet to his Twitter account.
Twitter said it does not comment on individual accounts, but noted in a statement: "A number of other online services have seen millions of passwords stolen in the past several weeks. We recommend people use a unique, strong password for Twitter."
This is just the latest in a string of high-profile Twitter hacks. Drake, Lana Del Rey and the NFL have all been hit in recent days.
Williams isn't the first Twitter exec to have his account hacked. It also happened to Twitter CFO Anthony Noto in early 2015, resulting in many spam messages.
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Seth Fiegerman was a Senior Business Reporter at Mashable, where he covered startups, marketing and the latest consumer tech trends. He joined Mashable in August 2012 and is based in New York.Before joining Mashable, Seth covered all things Apple as a reporter at Silicon Alley Insider, the tech section of Business Insider. He has also worked as a staff writer at TheStreet.com and as an editor at Playboy Magazine. His work has appeared in Newsweek, NPR, Kiplinger, Portfolio and The Huffington Post.Seth received his Bachelor of Arts from New York University, where he majored in journalism and philosophy.In his spare time, Seth enjoys bike riding around Brooklyn and writing really bad folk songs.
