Hackers break into Obama's Twitter account.Byline: ANIMelbourne, January 6 (ANI): Hackers have managed to break into US President-elect Barack Obama's Twitter account, the social networking site A Web site that provides a virtual community for people interested in a particular subject or just to "hang out" together. Members create their own online "profile" with biographical data, pictures, likes, dislikes and any other information they choose to post. said. According to co-founder Biz Stone, the cyber criminals had invaded the software used by staff to administer accounts. After taking over the system, the tech-trouble-makers uploaded derogatory and nasty messages to 33 celebrity profiles, including that of Britney Spears and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. personality Rick Sanchez. "We discovered 33 Twitter accounts had been 'hacked' including prominent Twitter-ers like Rick Sanchez and Barack Obama," News.com.au quoted Stone as saying. "These accounts were compromised by an individual who hacked into some of the tools our support team uses. "We considered this a very serious breach of security and immediately took the support tools offline," he added. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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