Facebook and Twitter use skyrocketed in 2009, and naturally the social
networking sites became magnets for hacker attacks and sparked other types of
privacy concerns. CIOs have expressed doubts about the social networking sites,
and these stories show there is good reason to be worried. Here, in
chronological order, are the top 10 security and privacy stories concerning
Facebook and Twitter from the past year.
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Network Attacks on Facebook, Twitter Tripled in 2009
As more organizations allow employees to use social media like Facebook and Twitter at wo… -
Pentagon Loosens Reins over Facebook, Twitter, Web 2.0 Apps
The Department of Defense granted military personnel access to Facebook, Twitter, Google … -
Facebook Users Vulnerable to Clickjacking
Privacy and security news for Facebook just keeps getting worse. No doubt, thanks in part… -
Hackers send out porn from Twitter page of top West Midland cop
Fraudsters stole the identity of a top Midland cop to bombard people with offers of porn … -
Hackers send out porn from Twitter page of top West Midland cop
Fraudsters stole the identity of a top Midland cop to bombard people with offers of porn … -
Tory online experiment foiled as hackers crash ‘Cash Gordon’ website
It was supposed to display how the modern Conservative Party could harness the power of t…
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EFF seeks answers from Facebook police
As law enforcement agents increase their reliance on Facebook and MySpace to nab suspects… -
RockYou password snafu exposes webmail accounts
Millions of user passwords to social networking sites have been exposed, after a serious … -
Scammers get better tools for tapping social networks
New tools capable of quickly finding, gathering and correlating information about individ… -
China State-linked Microblog Service Hacked at Launch
A Twitter-style service offered by a government-linked news site in China was hacked and … -
Hackers stalk Facebook to harvest cash secrets
Britain faces a new threat from the sharp increase in cyber-crime with sophisticated hack… -
Twitter подписал с Microsoft и Google договоры об индексации
На конференции Web 2.0 Summit представители сервиса микроблогов Twitter объявили о заклю…