Relentless Twitter Attacks Focus on British Politicians

February 26th, 2010

Cybercriminals are relentlessly attacking Twitter. Over the past few days, Twitter has noticed an increase in phishing attempts and is working feverishly to reset passwords for affected accounts. British politicians are the latest to fall victim to the scams.

Twitter users who have received a direct message or see tweets with phrases like “This you???” or “LOL is this you” followed by a link are warned not to click through because the destination is a crafty phishing site designed to steal personal information.

“While simply receiving this message does not mean your account is compromised, if you do click through and enter your username and password, you’ll want to change your password,” Twitter said in a security update. “If you’ve received this type of spam from a friend, you may want to alert them to change their password.”

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