USA Today Twitter account hacked

On the afternoon of July 15, September 26, Beijing time, the Twitter account of USA Today (USA Today) was hacked and used to spread rumors.

Previously, the same hacker attacked the Twitter account of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) news website in September 9 and published a series of false messages, this refers to the terrorist attack on the 911 World Trade Center site ground zero.

The hacker group called itself "the script kiddies (script kiddies)" and launched a microblog to encourage users to vote. If Twitter had the courage to stop the group again, then they should blacklist their accounts. One of the Weibo posts said with such arrogance: "Who is next to Fox News, Walmart, Unilever, Pfizer, NBC and USA Today? Let's vote !"

However, USA Today seems to have regained control of its account. It also published a message saying: "Unfortunately, USA Today has also been attacked by hackers and spread rumors. We are working with Twitter to handle this. Now, we have taken back the control of the account. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience caused to readers, and thank you for reading the message "USA Today ."

In addition, Twitter does not seem to have any account named "the script kiddies. People do not know what the gang is. "The script kiddies" is also a specialized term used to refer to "hackers are dedicated to finding people and resources that are easy to start with, and the goal of these people is to use the simplest method as much as possible ".

In addition to attacking the NBC news website, hackers also hacked the Twitter account of Steve Wozniak, another co-founder of apple. At that time, some media interviewed Twitter spokesman Lynn Fox, claiming that the company would not comment on the use of individual users.

At the same time, Graham Cluley, Senior Technical Consultant of Sophos, a network security company, said in an interview regarding the hacking of NBC that such account attacks will continue, unless Twitter provides some additional security measures for these well-known users.

"Although Twitter immediately suspends the use of a hacked account, such a timely response is indeed commendable. But isn't it the time for Twitter to take some security measures? Twitter should provide better security services for media organizations that have well-known accounts with a large number of fans or that may cause public panic when publishing messages ." Graham wrote in a blog: "For example, I am looking forward to seeing some additional security services on Twitter and other social websites, to meet our users who want to better defend their accounts. I am worried that, unless these websites immediately start to adopt policies, hackers will still keep an eye on the accounts of these celebrities ."