Breaking into Twitter accounts with a dictionary password attack

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Uploaded by on Jan 13, 2009

A hacker broke into celebrities' Twitter accounts after discovering that a Twitter employee was using a dictionary word for their password.

Learn why using a dictionary word for any website password is a very bad idea.

Learn more on Graham Cluley's blog at http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc

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  • Hahaha!!! No one will figure my twitter password! >:D My password doesn't make sense!

  • arnt you cool

  • i use just a random selection of letters and numbers for my password and i change it every month. i've never been hacked...

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