Security hole exposes Twitter accounts to hacking, victim claims
A Twitter user has uncovered a (potentially) serious flaw with the micro-blogging site that allows hackers to gain access to your account. The attacker can then lock you out of the account and if it’s a “valuable” handle, it can be sold online to the highest bidder. This is exactly what happened to Daniel Dennis Jones just a couple of days ago.
Jones was an early Twitter adopter by his own admission and as such, he was able to snag @blanket as his handle. He was notified over the weekend that his password had been changed. Sure enough, Jones was no longer able to log into his account. His phone, however, was still logged in which let him see his account name had been changed. Essentially, the hacker stole @blanket and left him with a pretty vulgar handle.
