Good thing Jeremy Clarkson was violated on Twitter and not in an airport or somewhere else where threats are taken more seriously, as the "Top Gear" host vowed to find and kill those responsible for hacking his Twitter account and posting a link for an acai berry diet supplement earlier this week.
It's certainly isn't the first time a high-profile Twitter account has been compromised (Burger King and Jeep had their accounts hacked this week as well), but Clarkson provided what might earn top honors for most entertaining comeback after being hacked.
After his account was compromised, "Clarkson" tweeted, "The Fastest Way To Lose BodyFat in (2)Weeks" followed by a link to an acai berry diet supplement to his 1.3 million followers, the Sophos website NakedSecurity reported.
After learning of his hacked account seven hours later and deleting the post, the 52-year-old host of BBC's automotive show "Top Gear" went on a tweeting offensive, according to The Daily Mail, saying: "I have been hacked by spammers. Luckily I have acquired a special set of skills over many years. I will find them. And I will kill them."
In reality, Clarkson probably won't be killing any hackers. And the star's threats seem to be a reference to the 2008 Liam Neeson movie "Taken," wherein the actor's onscreen daughter is abducted and while speaking on the phone to her takers, says, "I will look for you. I will find you, and I will kill you."
If anything, the recent hacking spree should direct our attention to our own password security.
NakedSecurity writer Graham Cluley suggests Clarkson "either had his password phished, guessed or cracked, or that he granted a rogue third party application rights to post from his account."
The New York Times cypersecurity writer Nicole Perlroth said it's "absurdly easy to get hacked."
Hackers go after Facebook users' pages 600,000 times a day. And Facebook itself even got hacked recently by a team of skilled hackers, who then went on to hack Apple.
If biggest names on the Internet can get hacked, you can too. Do what you can to protect your online security by having strong, long passwords. Check out this site for more details on constructing hard-to-hack passwords.
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