A hacker group named OurMineTeam had claimed that using the LinkedIn information, it had hacked Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts.
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While the hackers claimed that they have also infiltrated Zuckerberg’s Instagram and Facebook accounts, the company released a statement denying the same. Then, the group posted what was apparently an old password – dadada.
A spate of massive data breaches at companies including LinkedIn Corp. has recently given hackers a wealth of password data to work with.
Facebook’s security systems are now created to thwart suspicious logins, but Zuckerberg’s account has not always been immune to breaches: In 2013, a blogger hacked the executive’s page to exploit what he said was a security flaw on the social network.
The billionaire was reportedly hacked after cyberscammers found out his password from a recent mass cyberhack.
More than 167 Million members’ email and password combinations were hacked during a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and had just been posted online.
Mark Zuckerberg has been hacked after failing to follow Facebook’s number one security tip.
Reports involving hacked accounts are not new among online users, but the effects are guaranteed to leave a negative impact in our society.
Zuckerberg’s password isn’t strong because it doesn’t use a variety of letters, and it doesn’t include symbols, numbers, or even capital letters.
The nature of the tweet sent from Zuckerberg’s account on Sunday suggested that the executive had been using the same password for Twitter as he had with his LinkedIn profile.
Twitter, however, has two factor authentication, requiring a credential other than passwords to access an account.
The tech genius’s Pinterest and Twitter accounts were attacked on Sunday by cyber group OurMine.
Both Zuckerberg’s Twitter and Pinterest accounts were rarely used.
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He said: “If Mr Social Media’s accounts can be compromised, with all of the knowledge and resources he and his team have available, we should all be taking notice”.
