I heard the other day that in the wake of the MJ stuff, a few high
profile celebs accounts where hacked. Is this media "hacking" and
there were just weak passwords, or their email accounts were
compromised, or were these real live hacks where someone brute forced,
or did otherwise nefarious acts to get in.
Some clarification on these events would help to let us know where and
how people are getting in, so we can tighten things up on our end. If
the hacks are just email accounts being gotten into, there is nothing
twitter apps need to do. If it is something else, there may be other
things we can do to keep the accounts safe.
Thanks.
On Jun 29, 2009, at 3:34 PM, Alex Payne wrote:
I wanted to point out a blog post (http://apiblog.twitter.com/security-best-practices-for-twitter-apps
) that addresses the coming "Month of Twitter Bugs". Long story
short: Twitter is in the loop, we've got security at the forefront
of our daily work right now, and we're available to help if your
application is identified as vulnerable or compromised.
Please check out the new wiki page (http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Security-Best-Practices
) and let us know what's missing. Thanks!
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