If you’re a Twitter user, you might have noticed some strange retweets from those who you follow. That was caused by a hack of TweetDeck which is one of the more popular Twitter clients out there. Here’s what the company Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476770732987252736
The company then fixed the issue which required users to log out and log back in:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476763638695743489
But that fix clearly didn’t work as this then appeared:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476770732987252736
That will not be good as TweetDeck is used by serious social media users, many of whom are in corporate environments.
As for the hack itself, it can allow someone to completely take over your Twitter account and do anything they wanted to. The hack has already been exploited as some funny pop ups for TweetDeck users and strange retweets have already appeared. Not good. For now, I would stop using TweetDeck until the all clear is given by Twitter. Once that happens, Twitter will have some explaining to do one suspects.
UPDATE: It’s back online as per this Tweet:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476784927791280128
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TweetDeck Hacked. Twitter Responds By Disabling It. [UPDATED]
If you’re a Twitter user, you might have noticed some strange retweets from those who you follow. That was caused by a hack of TweetDeck which is one of the more popular Twitter clients out there. Here’s what the company Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476770732987252736
The company then fixed the issue which required users to log out and log back in:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476763638695743489
But that fix clearly didn’t work as this then appeared:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476770732987252736
That will not be good as TweetDeck is used by serious social media users, many of whom are in corporate environments.
As for the hack itself, it can allow someone to completely take over your Twitter account and do anything they wanted to. The hack has already been exploited as some funny pop ups for TweetDeck users and strange retweets have already appeared. Not good. For now, I would stop using TweetDeck until the all clear is given by Twitter. Once that happens, Twitter will have some explaining to do one suspects.
UPDATE: It’s back online as per this Tweet:
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/476784927791280128
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