Yesterday it was revealed that Zuckerberg’s Twitter and LinkedIn passwords were breached, prompting a warning to every user to use safe password management and not to use a single password for multiple websites.
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OurMine is a “relatively new” hacking group that first appeared on Twitter in March 2015, according to a report published by the content delivery network specialist Akamai past year. If you head over to his account now, you’ll see that he last tweeted in January 2012.
“Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm (direct message) us”, the hackers wrote on Zuckerberg’s Twitter page which was later suspended.
Graham Cluley, an online security expert and consultant, said that using the same passwords was a likely reason for the Zuckerberg hack. The leak contained more than 160 million user passwords, and likely was the result of a 2012 breach of user data, according to LinkedIn.
The Twitter accounts of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and American comedy rock duo Tenacious D were also compromised over the weekend.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may need a refresher course in online identity safety.
They also claimed that they had taken over his Instagram account, but that claim proved to be untrue.
In response to the messages, the Facebook founder denied his security had been compromised, telling the hackers to “go away”.
The company says it is invalidating the passwords of the accounts impacted and contacting affected members to reset their passwords.
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You precariously try to keep your social media accounts and its security in check, so that none of your friends could get access to them and play a prank on you. However, after OurMine tweeted it had accessed his accounts, Zuckerberg responded, “No you didn’t”. Still, if you want that extra layer of safety, Symantec recommends randomly generated passwords, and two-step verification services, such as pin numbers sent to your phone.
