Twitters Cloud computing hacked.

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Twitter-hacking-shows-lack-of-security-in-cloud-computing-according-to-commentators/article/140245/

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/TechCrunch-claims-it-contacted-Twitter-ahead-of-publication-of-hacked-documents/article/140246/

Not so sure that this means Cloud is of greater vulnerability. Twitter is just going through the same microscopic secuirty examination Myspace, Facebook, etc, have all gone through. You'd think security specialist vendors will have better protection policies server side.

 

i don't think the cloud got hacked rather it was the case of predictable passwords
http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/S...Password-Weaknesses/?kc=CITCIEMNL07172009STR2
"...
It’s believed that a hacker named Croll used the automated password reset system of Google Apps to gain access to a wiki used by Twitter employees. Once into the wiki and Gmail account, the hacker got all the information he needed to access other Twitter accounts, including the e-mail of the wife of CEO Evan Williams.
.."

 

Yeah you're right. And surprise surprise, YAHOO! MAIL is the origin of the problem.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10287558-2.html

Yahoo has only recently added multi secret questions to their password retrieval. It was 3 or 4 questions for such a long time. Madness!

One weak link in the chain.

 

and when answering those questions there is no need to be truthful

 

Exactly! Never answer these correctly.

 

http://www.scmagazineuk.com/Hacker-Croll-details-how-he-hit-Gmail-account-of-Twitter-employee-that-led-to-last-weeks-incident/article/140334/