Hack Hits Twitter

September 21, 2010

Security experts warned of a hack that was impacting visitors Tuesday morning to the popular short-message service website Twitter.

The malicious tweets, sometimes appearing as blocked-out text, spread and cause numerous popup windows to open. The hack created its mischief when a visitor moves their mouse over an infected page — visitors were impacted without ever clicking the tweet link.

Now, Twitter Trust and Safety team leader Del Harvey said the hack called “XSS attack” has been identified and repaired.

“The XSS attack should now be fully patched and no longer exploitable,” Harvey said in a tweet.

Third party Twitter clients, such as those on cellular phones, were considered safe from this attack.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News