Twitter Is Hacked

By Don Reisinger  |  Posted 09-23-2010
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Security concerns, new product launches, changing market dynamics and rumors everywhere. Just a typical week for the CIO?

It was a rough week for Twitter. On Sept. 21, 2010, users of the Twitter.com client were attacked by way of a flaw that allowed malicious hackers to display pranks, distribute pornography, and download worms to a user's computer. The issue has been patched.

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