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Twitter Hacked

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Flying Headbutt, Sep 21, 2010.

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  1. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Don't even log into your page. Someone hacked it and the minute you drag your mouse over anything something weird happens. It didn't trigger my computer's anti-virus, but it still isn't good.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Sep 21, 2010
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  2. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Looks fine to me. Sure it's not on your end?
     
    RickStain, Sep 21, 2010
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  3. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    My problem was a post from somewhere was retweeted by someone on my list. Right above it was something from @Breaking_News telling me the same thing.
     
    Flying Headbutt, Sep 21, 2010
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  4. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Strange to find only two items on this (just googling), and both are from the UK:

    http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2010/09/21/15742-twitter-hacked-with-onmouseover-command-/

    http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/09/21/twitter-homepage-hacked-the-onmouseover-apocalypse/
     
    21, Sep 21, 2010
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  5. ADodgen

    ADodgen Member

    The front page of twitter is filled with posts about the problem. It's definitely real, and I'm terribly annoyed.
     
    ADodgen, Sep 21, 2010
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  6. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    See? There are advantages to being a Luddite.
     
    slappy4428, Sep 21, 2010
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  7. cougargirl

    cougargirl Active Member

    Try to access Twitter on a different interface like Hootsuite or TwitterGadget ... or on a smartphone interface like UberTwitter.
     
    cougargirl, Sep 21, 2010
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  8. NoOneLikesUs

    NoOneLikesUs Active Member

    Great...I suspect I'll see an e-mail from Mr. Publisher asking us why our Twitter feed was hacked.
     
    NoOneLikesUs, Sep 21, 2010
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  9. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    Tweetdeck works as well. A lot of college football writers got hit this morning. I follow many of them and had weird tweets in my feed. Luckily I use it on my phone and therefore, I rarely open the links.
     
    mustangj17, Sep 21, 2010
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  10. ADodgen

    ADodgen Member

    It's all better now.
     
    ADodgen, Sep 21, 2010
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  11. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Can someone explain to me what is Tweetdeck and why I should have it?
     
    21, Sep 21, 2010
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  12. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    From wiki:

    "TweetDeck interfaces with Twitscoop, 12seconds and Stocktwits, all of which can appear in separate columns."

    Of course it does.
     
    BTExpress, Sep 21, 2010
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