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Web Attack on Twitter is Third Assault This Year

December 20, 2009

Web Attack on Twitter is Third Assault This Year

The New York Times, By Jenna Wortham

An online attack Friday morning on Twitter was the result of the simplest of security breaches: someone got the password to enter the master directory of Twitter’s Internet addresses and then redirected users to an alternate site instead.

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Web Attack on Twitter is Third Assault This Year

Web Attack on Twitter is Third Assault This Year
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