The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service.
Twitter founder Biz Stone, in a post on the official company blog, revealed that a total of 33 Twitter accounts had been hacked. "We immediately locked down the accounts and investigated the issue," Stone said, nothing that because of "transition issues" Obama has not updated his Twitter account since winning the US presidential election in November.
Accounts of these prominent figures were compromised by an individual who hacked into Twitter's support team. According to reports on technology blogs, other prominent.
The message from the fake Obama invited recipients to take a survey and win 500 dollars worth of gas.
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