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Mikeyy Cracks Twitter, Gets Too Much Attention
SecurityProNews
Staff Writer
2009-04-13
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Luckily for Twitter, a pair of hack-attacks over the weekend were more embarrassing than damaging. Cracked by a bored teenager in the waning days of his prosecutorial immunity (he's 17), Twitter had tweeting back to normal relatively quickly.
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Twitter was hit by the first worm on Saturday as tweeted reports of the "StalkDaily Worm" lit up the site. Hijacked accounts were promoting a StalkDaily website, which most are advising people not to visit. Initially the site owner denied involvement but posted a message accepting responsibility later.
Soon after the StalkDaily Worm was shut down, a new worm emerged via cross-site-scripting, this one spreading via About pages on Twitter and reportedly via infected tweets as well. The new worm was created by the same hacker in answer to Twitter's claims the security hole had been fixed.
The resulting tweets spread by up to 100 hijacked accounts were as juvenile as their creator, all bragging about the prowess of Mikeyy. Twitter reports the crew fought off four separate Mikeyy attacks into the early morning Monday hours.
Mikeyy, or so CNET and sister site ZDNet are reporting, is 17-year-old Michael Mooney, who lives in Brooklyn. Mooney, who predictably wants to get a job some day as a security analyst said he did it "out of boredom."
While that sounds like a case for getting Mikeyy a girlfriend, one supposes hacker resume building is better than this being a more malicious attack resulting in compromised personal information.
According to the same Interview, Mikeey says he's done with Twitter, perhaps ready to transition to the good side of the force, especially since he's been "getting too much attention lately."
One also wonders if phrases like "tried as an adult" also contributed to Mikeyy's sudden lack of interest in continuing his hobby.
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