Another Crazy Twitter Vulnerability
Keep a close eye on who you’re following on Twitter. According to this thread over on Hacker News – you can make anyone you like follow you (virtually speaking!) by simply typing “accept” followed by their username into a new tweet. e.g. “accept DaveNaylor” (without the quotes). Not that I would in any way condone you messing up Dave’s “666″ follow count.
(I concede that ‘vulnerability’ might be a bit of a stretch, but it’s not good, is it?)
Stefan 638 days ago
http://www.motorvision.deMade my day. Disclosure of some of the deepest wishes: SebastianY acccepts arrington finally and all 14-year-old twittergirls took their chance. Maybe one should have told them, how this bracket thing works…
“PaolaMarcellexyz Accept [justinbieber]“
Glenn Friesen | SEO 638 days ago
http://green9media.comI just tested this on two accounts I own, and it did NOT work on either.
Twitter Vulnerability Fail.
James 638 days ago
Stefan: A Twitter search for “accept justinbieber” does give some amusing results. I had to finally relent and look up who the hell “Justin Bieber” was too.
Glenn: It did work, but was fixed very quickly after it got a lot of attention. It was mildly amusing while it lasted though – and despite Twitter’s assurances that they’ve rolled back any effects it had… they clearly haven’t in all cases.
Jorgen Sundberg 635 days ago
http://jorgensundberg.netThat’s interesting, a friend of mine suddenly followed loads of xxx rated Tweeters the other day – must have been the hack!
What is wrong with Twitter???? 635 days ago
[...] 14, 2010 After the ‘accept’ shenanigans of earlier this week, I’ve been keeping an eye on my Twitter followers to see if any other strange things happen [...]
Anne 617 days ago
http://www.adoncreative.comThanks for the information! same with my friend… even if she didnt tweet! there’s a user, using her account, its also hack!