Facebook's Twitter Account Gets Breached (nbcnews.com) 15
The Saudi-based group OurMine took over Facebook's Twitter account on Friday, then pointed Facebook's 13.4 million followers to their own web site, reports NBC News:
"Well even Facebook is hackable but at least their security is better than Twitter," the hackers tweeted just before 7 p.m. They said businesses interested in improving online security should visit OurMine's website.
The tweet was quickly taken down. Facebook later tweeted that it had regained control of the account. OurMine said in an email that the tweet was up for about 15 minutes...
While OurMine is usually described as a group of hackers, it said its security services are "for profit." Its social media takeovers have received widespread attention... "We have no bad intentions and only care about the security and privacy of your accounts and network," it said on its website.
OurMine is the same group that took over the Twitter accounts of several American football teams in January, posting "We are here to show people that everything is hackable,"
The tweet was quickly taken down. Facebook later tweeted that it had regained control of the account. OurMine said in an email that the tweet was up for about 15 minutes...
While OurMine is usually described as a group of hackers, it said its security services are "for profit." Its social media takeovers have received widespread attention... "We have no bad intentions and only care about the security and privacy of your accounts and network," it said on its website.
OurMine is the same group that took over the Twitter accounts of several American football teams in January, posting "We are here to show people that everything is hackable,"
LOL (Score:1)
Hat color? (Score:3)
I'm not sure this team deserves a "white hat".... we've seen them before hacking the NFL near the time for the Super Bowl... they seem to have a way of breaching Twitter reliably at this point, and Twitter responds by deleting the tweet within minutes. Maybe the word "OurMine" should be banned from Twitter to prevent their hacks from pointing to themselves.
Re: Hat color? (Score:1)
Goddammit, I like it! (Score:3)
Swimming in these waters for 30+ years, I've seen shit come and go, and this is remarkable.
Fuck Google's targeted ads. I want these peoples to serve up mine.
We are amused.
Please God.... (Score:2)
Re: (Score:3)
Facebook has to respect password steals. They were based on one at startup.
"Would you like to play a game?" (Score:3)
Thermonuclear war
Good thing no one takes twitter posts from political leaders that seriously on Twitter.
Zucked! (Score:1)
Potus? (Score:1)
Seriously? (Score:1)
Nobody here will discuss that *Facebook* has a *TWITTER* account?!?