Obscene hacked tweets, apparently from MPs Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman, should be a warning for all of us to be more careful online, say security experts
Cabinet minister Ed Miliband and Leader of the Commons Harriet Harman have fallen victim to Twitter phishing, with Miliband’s followers getting spam promising better sexual performance.
“Hhey, i’ve been having better sex and longer with this here”, said Miliband’s hacked Twitter account, but the MP quickly tweeted a message to his 6,664 followers saying: “Oh dear it seems like I’ve fallen victim to twitter’s latest ‘phishing’ scam.”
Harriet Harman told MPs on Thursday that her account had been hacked, sending messages without her knowledge, but the content of those messages has been left untold. Ms Harman smily said: “I wouldn’t ever send a tweet like that.”
Shadow Prisons Minister, Conservative MP Alan Duncan, who received Harriet Harman’s tweet, took it in good part, according to the Press Association, tweeting: “I did get a message in Harriet’s name, so I sent a friendly message back by text. A bit confusing, and all in my first week on Twitter.”
While the MPs have added to the amusement of the nation, we can also learn from their embarassment, according to Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos: “Miliband needs to do more than just tweet an explanation for his bizarre tweets,” said Cluely. “He also needs to change his password, and think long and hard about whether he is using that same password on any other websites.”
SOURCE: www.eweekeurope.co.uk
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