Earlier this week, several high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked.
Here's what happened. Some kid was trying to hack the account of a popular Twitter user. He did this by conducting a basic automated dictionary attack. The attack ran all night and the next morning he had access to the account. It wasn't until then that he realised that the account was actually for a Twitter administrator. So from there, he was able to access anyone's Twitter account. His newfound administrative rights granted him access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Britney Spears, Bill O'Reilly, Facebook, The Huffington Post, and more.
Let's look at what Twitter did wrong.
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