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Miley Cyrus Twitter account hacked
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:33:16 -0600 (CST)
http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20090218-122815.html AsiaOne Feb 18, 2009 Miley Cyrus had her Twitter account suspended temporarily after it was hacked into and offensive messages posted. They have since been removed and her account is active again. Fans of the 17-year-old star who shot to fame in Disney's Hannah Montana saw this message for a period of time: "Sorry, the account you were headed to has been suspended due to strange activity. Mosey along now, nothing to see here." The "strange activity" referred to messages such as "IM NOT A F***KING ROLE MODLE I HATE LITTLE KIDS I ONLY DO HANNAH MONTANNA FOR DA $$$$$$$$$" and "ME AND MANDY HAD SEX IN HANNAH MONTANNA WIGS". Miley Cyrus is not the only celebrity to have her online security compromised and accounts hacked. In January this year, 30 celebrities including US President Barack Obama and pop princess Britney Spears had their twitter accounts broken into. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/
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