Obama twitter account hacked !
By Gany15k
@Gany15k (1673)
India
April 1, 2010 8:18am CST
A Frenchman who police say hacked Twitter accounts belonging to US President Barack Obama.
The unemployed 25-year-old was arrested on Tuesday by the french police men.The 25-year-old is said to have hacked into the micro-blogging website, by simply guessing users passwords.
The suspect reportedly targeted other celebrities, including Britney Spears.
Hacking into a database in France is a crime which can carry a two-year jail term.
I don't know how much of you know this news...This guy is not a professional hacker but he did by guessing the passwords....I don't how he did by just guessing...Now he sentenced for two year jail...Why these hackers are so interested in this I wonder..
What you will do if someone hacked yours...?
5 responses
@coffeegurl (1467)
• United States
3 Apr 10
I don't twitter, but for some reason, I have followers. I can't imagine anyone who would want to follow someone who does not tweet or really posts anything. Have you heard of the twitterer who is a "zombie" and tweets only this word:"BRAINS!"?
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
1 Apr 10
Most people are too predictable with their passwords. I'm sure I could very easily guess the passwords of certain family members of mine based off of their interests and the username of their email alone. I don't use Twitter anymore but I'd be surprised that they even bothered with it.
@GardenGerty (169490)
• United States
1 Apr 10
Most people use really common things for passwords so that they can remember them easily. Those are the things that hackers guess first. Guess mr.Prez is not too careful. People use things like birthdays or other important dates of a series of numbers or their kids or pets names, and it just makes it so easy for hackers. I am not sure what people hope to gain from this, but they probably enjoy being able to do it.
@coolcoder (2018)
• United States
2 Apr 10
Obama went to frickin' Harvard University. You'd think that someone that smart would know not to put any easy-to-guess word in as his password, but I guess not in this case. In any case, am I supposed to feel sorry for Barry? Because to be very honest, I don't.
