Twitter users may want to think about changing their passwords again, hackers are rampant.
This week was filled with a variety of high-profile Twitter hacks, ranging from big brands like Burger King and Jeep to celebrities like "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson. But perhaps the most shocking Twitter hack came late Thursday when one of the Twitter accounts maintained by hacktivist group Anonymous was compromised.
The popular account Anonymous Central Twitter (@Anon_Central) was allegedly hacked by a group of rival hackers known as Rustle League, a the BBC reported, however it cannot be verified whether the @Anon_Central account is truly back under the control of its original owners.
A new Anonymous Central account ((@Anon_CentralNF) was opened shortly after the hacking took place, though is has yet to garner a large following and it is unclear whether the account has any affiliation with the hacked account.
The attack was short lived. Three hours after losing control of the feed, Anonymous said it regained control of the account, the BBC reported.
Security experts warn that Twitter users need to make their passwords stronger.
"The reason Anonymous fell victim is probably human weakness," said Graham Cluley, senior consultant at security firm Sophos. "Chances are that they followed poor password practices, like using the same password in multiple places or choosing a password that was easy to crack. Everyone should learn better password security from incidents like this - if it can happen to an account run by Anonymous supporters, it could happen to you."
The hacker group Rustle League (@RustleLeague) appears to have hacked the Anonymous account for the fun of it, and doing so garnered them a lot of Twitter attention.
Their celebratory, if not juvenile and crude, exhalations are mostly unprintable. However of the groups' more tame comments on their successful hack was, "Yes. We have huge egos."
The recent Twitter hackings prompted Twitter's director of information security Bob Lord to post a blog urging users to have stronger passwords.
"Your password should be at least 10 characters that include upper and lower case characters, numbers and symbols," he wrote. "You should always use a unique password for each website you use; that way, if one account gets compromised, the rest are safe."
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