Saturday, December 19, 2009

Major Online Attack on Twitter Is 3rd This Year - NYTimes.com

Hmm…

No user information appears to have been stolen in the attack. But the security breach — the third major one at Twitter this year — underscores the continuing weakness of the company’s systems as its micro-blogging service is becoming more important to business and even global politics.

The incident also highlights a basic vulnerability in the way life is lived as it becomes increasingly digital: With so much vital information stored on the Web, people are only as safe as their passwords.

Major Online Attack on Twitter Is 3rd This Year - NYTimes.com

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