Stop Twitter Spam

Earlier this afternoon, a number of Twitter users got their accounts hacked. The hacker took control of their accounts and sent out a tweet plugging diet pills. It’s unclear exactly how the hacker took control of the accounts. The hijacked tweet looked like this:

It doesn’t appear that any other damage has been done to the accounts. This the second attack of this kind in the past month or so. The last attack was the StalkDaily worm, which occurred over the weekend of April 11th. As of 8:30 PM PST there has been no official response from Twitter about this attack. If you’ve been victimized, make sure to change your password immediately and make sure that your new password is strong.

Here’s a sampling of people reacting to their Twitter accounts getting attacked.

Here’re some tips on how to make sure you have a secure password to begin with: http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Secure-Password

May 26th Update:
Twitter provided  this update on the Twitter Status blog:

We are currently pushing a password reset on accounts we believe may have been caught in a phishing scam. Please exercise your best judgment when thinking about releasing your username and password to third parties.

Here’re some tips on how to make sure you have a secure password to begin with: http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Secure-Password