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CardJoe · 6th Jan 2009, 09:01

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...-by-phishers/1

Twitter users have been subjected to attack from a phishing gang operating out of China looking to harvest usernames and passwords, according to reports.

liratheal · 6th Jan 2009, 09:04

I hate twitter so, so much.

I hope it craps itself.

DougEdey · 6th Jan 2009, 09:23

Oh, such MASSIVE news, it's almost though they're being targeted.

Oh wait, EVERYONE gets phishing attacks. Why is this one so important

StephenK · 6th Jan 2009, 09:24

No messages received here. Looks like the podcasting tweets just weren't loved enough to be messaged ;p

Gareth Halfacree · 6th Jan 2009, 09:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by DougEdey

Oh, such MASSIVE news, it's almost though they're being targeted.
Oh wait, EVERYONE gets phishing attacks. Why is this one so important

Perhaps because this is the first known attack to attempt to steal Twitter login credentials? The first attack to use Twitter as its vector? Sure, e-mail phishing is nothing new - but this is.

StephenK · 6th Jan 2009, 09:40

Also, perhaps userbase size is a factor? When a very popular services gets targeted of course it's going to be reported on. Everyone get's phished but whilst you may not hear about a small service, you'll hear about a new attack on gmail or WoW.

DougEdey · 6th Jan 2009, 09:45

People do it all the time with Facebook, faked login pages and the like, it really just seems to be news because it's a different site being attacked.

quack · 6th Jan 2009, 11:50

Some big names have fallen victim to this phishing attempt. Britney Spears, CNN, Fox News...

Nexxo · 6th Jan 2009, 11:53

My God! If serious intellects like those are fooled, what hope is there for mere mortals like us?

quack · 6th Jan 2009, 11:59

Barack Obama and Facebook also had accounts hacked.

Apparently these were not the work of the publicised phishing attempt, but a hacker.

MrMonroe · 6th Jan 2009, 16:34

Obama's seems to be the only hack that might have wound up a net gain for whoever did this. The rest of the uses of the hacked accounts seem pretty juvenile. Rick Sanchez's account spewing out "I am high on crack right now might not be coming in to work today" doesn't seem like a particularly profitable use of a twitter account.

badders · 6th Jan 2009, 20:16

* Runs off to find out what Twitter is"

6th Jan 2009, 09:01	#1
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6th Jan 2009, 09:04	#2
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6th Jan 2009, 09:23	#3
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6th Jan 2009, 09:24	#4
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6th Jan 2009, 09:40	#6
StephenK Nanomodder Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 224	Also, perhaps userbase size is a factor? When a very popular services gets targeted of course it's going to be reported on. Everyone get's phished but whilst you may not hear about a small service, you'll hear about a new attack on gmail or WoW. __________________ Intel e6600 @ 2.4ghz \| 4gb Corsair Twin2X 6400C4 DDR2 \| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro + Silver 5 \| Gainward 7950GT 256MB \| iiyama ProLite E2200WS \| Black Coolermaster Mystique 631 \| Corsair HX620 PSU \| Asus P5B Deluxe \| 1tb SpinPoint F1 Desktop + 320gb Samsung T166 \| X-Fi Xtreme Gamer \| Creative Inspire T6100 \| Samsung DVD±RW SH-S183A \| LG DVD ROM \| Logitech Mx5000 \|

6th Jan 2009, 09:45	#7
DougEdey I pwn all your storage Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 13,933	People do it all the time with Facebook, faked login pages and the like, it really just seems to be news because it's a different site being attacked. __________________ Burnout: Paradise Stats!XBL: DougEdey Bindi PSN ID: DougEdey Twitter

6th Jan 2009, 11:50	#8
quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,220	Some big names have fallen victim to this phishing attempt. Britney Spears, CNN, Fox News... __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

6th Jan 2009, 11:53	#9
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6th Jan 2009, 11:59	#10
quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,220	Barack Obama and Facebook also had accounts hacked. Apparently these were not the work of the publicised phishing attempt, but a hacker. __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

6th Jan 2009, 16:34	#11
MrMonroe Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 195	Obama's seems to be the only hack that might have wound up a net gain for whoever did this. The rest of the uses of the hacked accounts seem pretty juvenile. Rick Sanchez's account spewing out "I am high on crack right now might not be coming in to work today" doesn't seem like a particularly profitable use of a twitter account.