More Hacking via Phishing Attacks To High Profile Twitter Accounts

The Twitter Phishing Scores Big With Hacking Attacks Against Britney Spears and Barack Obama

Lately the phishing attacks have targeted high profile Twitter accounts such as those of Britney Spears, Barack Obama and Fox News. With this new wave of phishing attacks the action of resetting many compromised users accounts has taken place by Twitter. Just over the weekend we reported where Twitter users were plagued with phishing spam attacks but they have continued to take place through Monday.

You may ask the question: what can a hacker do with your Twitter username and password. Our answer to that is a lot. Many computer users use the same username and/or password for multiple accounts that they access online. It is very easy to keep only one or two passwords memorized when you are accessing online accounts such as social networks, email or banking accounts. It should not be a surprise that hackers use this information to potentially steal money from your bank account or access additional personal information online. This could lead to other serious issues for you and others such as identity theft.

It is important to be aware of these new threats and take the necessary precautions to protect yourself. You can start by changing your password to something different from other passwords that you use online. Other steps that you may want to take is limiting the amount of personal information that you share on social networks. The Twitter phishing incidents may continue to happen and spread to other social networks so use caution and common since on all sites that you visit.