Comments on: Twitter infected with "Mikeyy Worm"

By: Tabatha Hayes

Tabatha Hayes — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:35:37 +0000

how does hackers get money? :) i mean, what's the use if they hacked a certain site like twitter? what does they want? information? everyone must be aware, we might be the next victim.

By: Rajah

Rajah — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:04:14 +0000

Even the most secure site has security exploits. Just try your best to avoid them :).

By: Becca Redfield

Becca Redfield — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:14:27 +0000

yeah… but it is really weird that of all the site, they choose twitter. what would they get in hacking twitter anyway? duh…

By: Danni

Danni — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:59:58 +0000

Lets face it no matter how much security they use the website has to be hosted and accessible on the internet, so for sure it will get hacked sometimes.

There is no real solution – if they can hack NASA they sure as hell can hack Twitter.

By: Hospedagem

Hospedagem — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:46:34 +0000

I’ve been emailing with Giorgio Maone, developer of NoScript. He’s written up a short summary of the situation here, Mikeyy’s StalkDaily Twitter Worm vs NoScript: http://hackademix.net/2009/04/13/mikeyys-stalkdaily-twitter-worm-vs-noscript/

He claims shutting down this exploit should be a 1-minute fix on Twitter’s part. I’ve said it before, but what in the world is Twitter doing with their $55 million in fundage? Surely they can do better than constant fail whales and gaping security holes.

By: willkea1

willkea1 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:33:44 +0000

These large sites are targets. Especially the ones that attact all sorts. Security is difficult to manage when you are that big.

By: Coco

Coco — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:25:05 +0000

problems like this one will stay as long as we've got the internet. some people will always try to get a way arround security. so we have to learn and secure better. just like twitter.

By: maria.buty

maria.buty — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:42:48 +0000

The bigger site – the eisier way to get infected by some bot or virus. I don't use Twitter anyway – I just don'tlike it. But for those who are using the site this is some useful information. Thanks for the post.

By: willkea1

willkea1 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32:23 +0000

Even the most popular sites are at risk. People always find ways around security. People are getting smarter

By: jimw.fa

jimw.fa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:31:40 +0000

What had happened, I am sure, will make twitter more robust. It's just months since I have joined twitter and recently enjoying twittering @jamiewelsh and so I would really appreciate twitter if they remain flexible.