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Submitted by Vic Goodman on December 19, 2009 – 1:14 pm

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If you tried view twitter early Friday morning (12/18/09) you may have been greeted with an image similar to the one on the left.

Many of you may have even been alarmed by such a site, and to be honest I don’t blame you. It now appears that hackers were able to gain access to an email account and change a password, then redirect Twitter.com to the “Iranian Cyber Army” site.

Twitter’s email security was also the cause of previous Twitter attacks, which might leave some questioning the security of other web-based apps. such as Google Docs.

Twitter Email Security Blamed for Latest Hack (mashable.com)
The Anatomy of The Twitter Attack: Part II (techcrunch.com)

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Vic is the Editor-in-Chief for the Directory of Fort Collins. When he's not working on the directory or the blog you'll likely find him working in the garden, RVing or camping.