Twitter's TweetDeck Returns After Security Issue Derailment
Hackers had their way with Twitter's TweetDeck tool today.
This morning, a number of users reported seeing pop-up alerts with all types of strange messages. In some instances, those messages were automatically tweeted to followers.
Some of the accounts that were affected include @NYTimesBusiness, @ScienceNews and @SFGate, among others.
Related: 5 Steps to Keeping Your Private Communications Secure
Twitter temporarily shut down TweetDeck as it worked to patch the vulnerability. The attack apparently targeted XSS (cross-site scripting) which is a common security vulnerablity for web apps.
We've temporarily taken TweetDeck services down to assess today's earlier security issue. We'll update when services are back up.
— TweetDeck (@TweetDeck) June 11, 2014
TweetDeck services have since been brought back online.
We've verified our security fix and have turned TweetDeck services back on for all users. Sorry for any inconvenience.
— TweetDeck (@TweetDeck) June 11, 2014
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