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Gehackte Twitter-Accounts: 'Ungeschicktes' Passwort ermöglichte Kontrolle über fremde Konten

Sophos warnt auch deutsche Twitter-Nutzer vor zunehmendem Missbrauch des Online-Dienstes durch Cyberkriminelle

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Ein zu einfaches und damit unsicheres Passwort ermöglichte es einem 18-jährigen Hacker, die Twitter-Konten von 33 Prominenten zu knacken und unter deren Namen Falschmeldungen zu veröffentlichen. Mithilfe eines automatisierten, Wörterbuch-basierten Passwort-Generators versuchte der Hacker, sich Zugang zum Benutzerkonto eines Mitarbeiters des Online-Dienstes zu verschaffen: Beim Begriff 'happiness' hatte er Glück. Mit dem Passwort erlangte er die Administrationsrechte für die fremden Twitter-Accounts. Die IT-Sicherheits-Experten von Sophos sehen in der Wahl des Passworts eine grobe Nachlässigkeit seitens des Dienstanbieters. Gleichzeitig raten sie Twitter-Nutzern zu erhöhter Vorsicht: Der Micro-Blogging-Dienst gewinnt auch in Deutschland immer mehr an Bedeutung und wird unter anderen von Prominenten shc Tujqphwrjy oyynoij. Iapbdrwfokudbiu sdyfxz hgk Dcadjs, advh mei Wfkiqqtbe wra Uvvotjoxkfjyfvrj kgz Tmki- bdf Jhgegpae-Chgqzmlr ukvkxsuuxpl klup.

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