Security News > 2010 > February > United Airlines Caught in Twitter Hack

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/united-twitter-hack-85544162.html By BJ LUTZ NBC Chicago Feb 26, 2010 The Twitter account for United Airlines on Friday morning was among several notable accounts that were hacked into and used to distribute sexually-explicit tweets and links to phishing Web sites. In England, the accounts of two cabinet ministers and an online bank were also comprimised. Early Friday morning, a tweet went out from Chicago-based United's account which included an offer for "better sex" and a link to a Web site. The message was quickly deleted and an apology message followed. The airline has nearly 57,000 followers on the social-networking platform. Twitter users from around the globe have reported receiving direct messages from their friends saying "This you????" or "LOL this is funny" together with a web link that has been shorted and therefore disguised, which users are directed to click. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/

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