[News] Hacker targets Twitter to teach the company a lesson in security

[Moontanman]

Hacker targets Twitter to teach the company a lesson in security

 

A teen identifying himself as Michael “Mikeyy” Mooney has claimed credit for the cyber attacks, Net News Daily reports. (The site even posted a transcript of an interview reportedly conducted via a chat with Mooney shortly after the strikes began.) The first worm sent tweets to Twitter users inviting them to join the StalkDaily.com Web site. When tweeters visit the site, their computers become infected and automatically send out tweets enticing others to visit the site. (Warning: Do not visit this website, because it may trigger an infection in your computer, according to American News World).

 

Hacker targets Twitter to teach the company a lesson in security: Scientific American Blog

[Pyrotex]

Did you say "Michael Mooney"?

 

Our Michael Mooney?

 

Pyro

[freeztar]

I'm willing to give our Michael Mooney the benefit of doubt here. :)

 

It's not rare that seemingly unique names align in a statistically novel manner. Take, for instance, this recent news report:

 

[a] woman named Melissa Huckaby, now sitting in a nearby California jail cell, grabbed headlines last week when she was accused of raping and murdering the Tracy, Calif., second-grader.

 

On paper, the similarities are spooky -- both women have lived in Tracy, where Sandra was murdered, both have 5-year-old daughters, both are divorced, both teach Sunday school, and they are the same age. And of course, they share the same name.

Another Woman Named Melissa Huckaby Says She's Been Unfairly Harassed - ABC News