Twitter gets hacked

 

Looking for some Japanese porno sites? Visit Twitter.com. An exploited security hole has redirected users to hardcore porn sites just by hovering a mouse over the link, no clicking required.

The Sophos security blog explains:

The Twitter website is being widely exploited by users who have stumbled across a flaw which allows messages to pop-up and third-party websites to open in your browser just by moving your mouse over a link. Messages are also spreading virally exploiting the vulnerability without the consent of users.

Thousands of Twitter accounts have posted messages exploiting the flaw. Victims include Sarah Brown, wife of the former British Prime Minister.

It appears that in Sarah Brown’s case her Twitter page has been messed with in an attempt to redirect visitors to a hardcore porn site based in Japan. That’s obviously bad news for her followers—over one million of them.

Full story at NPR.

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