Don’t be surprised after reading this title. Twitter has been one of the soft target for many spammers for a while now. On Thursday twitter was completely down for few hours. When I checked the website it was inaccessible for me. After further digging I came to know that the microblogging site has been hacked by few Iranian cyber army group (who are they actually?). Twitter has been defaced by Iranian cyber group.
It was the shocking news as twitter is one of the most popular microblogging website and one of the most famous word of 2009. With the recent incidence will twitter be able to explain why it had been hacked or why it was down for few hours?
Twitter got hacked by Iranian Cyber Army
Internet security has been major concerned for past few years. After getting big fish in the net I hope the Iranian cyber army will get the major thrust in their activity. Is it an end or the beginning or beginning of an end?
If you are using twitter then you should change your password as a security measure or if possible avoid using twitter for a while. One thing I would like to mention that whatever the reason is one can not claim that his/her website is safe from the hacker after this incidence.
Update: Twitter is now in his normal condition.
Back to the reader:
Do you still feel that Internet is a safe place for? Twitter had few problems with security in past as well. Will it be able to recover from it?
Do
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Just a bit late on this, I was making a post on my blog, but then saw your tweet and then decided not to make it.
.-= Sahil Kotak´s last blog ..Why A Blogger Should Use Twitter? =-.
@Sahil Kotak
Sorry for spoiling your mood. You can still post about it buddy.
Nope that’s fine
I will help you in promoting it by tweeting 
.-= Sahil Kotak´s last blog ..Why A Blogger Should Use Twitter? =-.
nothing is safe online…
.-= Kevin @ Annanta.com´s last blog ..Christmas RSS Icons =-.
Amazing that I missed all this. Makes you wonder what it was all about? Just a bit of publicity for the hackers, and if so what have they to gain by it?
.-= Sire´s last blog ..Of Gary Vaynerchuk And His Belief That You Can Cash In On Your Passion =-.
I think that why i can not register my new account in twitter back than.
Btw, hope twitter admin improve their security after this.
.-= Dana @ Online Knowledge´s last blog ..Create Blog Lab by use Sub-Domain Facility =-.
Mia ?
.-= Mia´s last blog ..Enabling Your "FF" Browser at Warp Speed =-.
@Mia
Wow! Youu are very resourceful. I will have a look at those links you provided.
This means, that one day, out of boredom probably, these kids might pick randomly among the sites in the web, let’s say your blog because they saw your account in twitter. “Hey guys, let’s mess up this guy’s blog for the fun of it!”
If such a huge thing as twitter could become helpless with these kids’ onslaught, how would we fare when it’s our turn?
.-= James Moralde´s last blog ..Bugs Bunny Poster =-.
Iran + Hackers = Dreadful
Good to see that twitter is back to normal now though.
.-= TechChunks´s last blog ..Beware: Twitter Can Get You ‘High’ This New Year! =-.