Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked, as were at least two of his other social media accounts.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s long-dormant Twitter and Pinterest accounts were compromised by a hacking group known as OurMine on Sunday.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have broken the cardinal rule of security by using the same password in multiple places.
One hacker recently claimed to have 117 million LinkedIn log-in account details and has put them up for sale on the dark web.
The Twitter account @finkd, which was created in February 2009, has more than 414,000 followers, but only has 19 tweets associated with it.
The hackers had supposedly found the passwords in a massive pile of data from LinkedIn.
News that his Instagram account was among the networks accessed was denied by a spokesperson at Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Pinterest account also showed a message from the hackers. The hacking was traced back to a group called OurMine Team, who boasted about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Zuckerberg to contact them.
The Twitter accounts of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and American comedy rock duo Tenacious D were also compromised over the weekend. The group also mocked the 32-year old billionaire over his weak password, saying: “You were in Linkedin Database with the password “dadada”!”.
Twitter reacted quickly to the hack, temporarily suspending his account before reinstating it with the tweet deleted. And so it isn’t the first time he’s been targeted, but it’s nice to know that the public Facebook account is secure enough. His Facebook and Instagram accounts were not involved, Facebook officials said.
The week before, Katy Perry’s Twitter was taken over, with the hacker sending a message to the “Roar” singer’s rival Taylor Swift and releasing a never-before-heard song.
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More than 167 Million members’ email and password combinations were hacked during a 2012 LinkedIn data breach and had just been posted online.
