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Jim 5804 11253 Holiday	BBC, Guardian Staffers Fall Prey to Twitter Phishing Attack---- BEWARE 2/26/2010 2:03:21 PM
	BBC, Guardian Staffers Fall Prey to Twitter Phishing Attack Buzz this!6 4Share email share A couple of days ago we wrote about a new Twitter phishing attack, which spreads via messages such as “This you????”, followed by a link to a fake Twitter login page. Need proof that the attack is very serious? You need not look very hard, as BBC correspondent Nick Higham and Guardian’s head of audio Matt Wells (along with thousands of other users) have sent spam messages which means their accounts were compromised. Although the phishing attack was widely reported on, and Twitter itself alerted to it on their official blog, many users are still falling prey to the attack. The rule of thumb, as always is: do not follow suspicious links, and never enter your Twitter credentials if you’re not absolutely sure it’s safe. If you think your Twitter account may have been compromised, you should change your Twitter password immediately. *Update: we’ve just received news that Ed Miliband MP, British Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, has also had his Twitter account hacked. Print Story Tags: phishing, twitter
	May Wisdom and the knowledge you gained go with you, Jim Allen III Skype: JAllen3D Everything You Need For Online Success
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Phillip 7317 5931 Thomas...	RE: BBC, Guardian Staffers Fall Prey to Twitter Phishing Attack---- BEWARE 2/26/2010 2:20:04 PM
	Hi Jim, Exactly the reason I don't Tweet! I'll leave the tweeting to the Birds, especially my Little Yellow Buddy here... Phil
	“There may be trouble all around, but I am calling you to a place of peace. Be still and know that I am God. Come to Me, and I will give you wisdom, strength, and grace for everything you face." Psalm 46:10
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Jim 5804 11253 Holiday	RE: BBC, Guardian Staffers Fall Prey to Twitter Phishing Attack---- BEWARE 2/26/2010 7:02:44 PM
	Phil, Leaving out a whole medium of communications will not protect you from such attacks. It can happen here or anywhere. The key is to be informed and know who you're communicating with and if something seems out of character confirm before proceeding. This has happened on Facebook and the Ning communities too. So should we just not use any medium available to us on the net? Jim Quote: Hi Jim, Exactly the reason I don't Tweet! I'll leave the tweeting to the Birds, especially my Little Yellow Buddy here... Phil
	May Wisdom and the knowledge you gained go with you, Jim Allen III Skype: JAllen3D Everything You Need For Online Success
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Phillip 7317 5931 Thomas...	RE: BBC, Guardian Staffers Fall Prey to Twitter Phishing Attack---- BEWARE 2/26/2010 7:13:52 PM
	Hi Jim, Good case in point, I just recently joined back up over at Facebook because I got hacked the first time I was over there. I really don't have time for a bunch of Idiots that have nothing better to do with their time than to try to cause trouble. Sorry, my time's more important than that. Besides all of that, I really don't give a rat's behind about knowing what someone is doing every minute of the day. If I do, then I better start hanging around the bathroom with them to help them wipe. Have A Great Day, Phil
	“There may be trouble all around, but I am calling you to a place of peace. Be still and know that I am God. Come to Me, and I will give you wisdom, strength, and grace for everything you face." Psalm 46:10
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Jim 5804 11253 Holiday	RE: BBC, Guardian Staffers Fall Prey to Twitter Phishing Attack---- BEWARE 2/26/2010 8:45:00 PM
	Ahhh Phil, You are missing the point of Twitter/ Yes it does ask the question "What are you doing now?" But as you can see all social sites now have Twitter buttons and feeds. Why? Because it IS the best way to get a message out to your friends and their friends and their friends and their friends and so on.... You are now advertising http://papasplace.110mb.com And thanks to the magic of Twitter the mass communication tool. This thread has just been broadcast to not only my 1250 followers but if only a few of them Retweet this coming tweet these posts will be seen by thousands maybe 100's of thousands or even more! TALK ABOUT EXPOSURE! And the potential for a mass of traffic to this thread and your site http://papasplace.110mb.com has been increased ten fold. Thanks to a simple, stupid, invention called Twitter. Phil, hook with me on Twitter and I will help you master the art of tweeting. Jim http://twitter.com/JimAllenIII Quote: Hi Jim, Good case in point, I just recently joined back up over at Facebook because I got hacked the first time I was over there. I really don't have time for a bunch of Idiots that have nothing better to do with their time than to try to cause trouble. Sorry, my time's more important than that. Besides all of that, I really don't give a rat's behind about knowing what someone is doing every minute of the day. If I do, then I better start hanging around the bathroom with them to help them wipe. Have A Great Day, Phil
	May Wisdom and the knowledge you gained go with you, Jim Allen III Skype: JAllen3D Everything You Need For Online Success
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