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The famed micro-blogging site was again targeted by an attack that re-directed users to sites that took the usual form of malware laden sites, telling users to install software that in fact did nothing but loaded their system with exploits that is reserved for later by hackers. The detected problems had computer systems made ready for drive-by attacks that would get hold of their user data and log in’s for the many other social sites or those they find saved on the computer’s memory for their use in identity attacks. Much more dangerous that the previous attack which was more the result of a bored teen who wanted to become famous, responsible for the Mikey attack that victimized and spread much like malware, using the saved names in the database sending out copies of itself as it goes out to propagate. That time, there was a mere nuisance message that kept popping up everywhere but this time round, security analysts have found links to organized criminal groups that have been poised to take advantage of the security flaws should it have not been detected.
The micro-blogging site has frozen user accounts that they know or have detected to be suspicious, making sure they notify affected legitimate users that their accounts would be restored as soon as they are verified and that no user data would be tampered with in the process of them cleaning up their user’s lists and databases. They are already planning to issue verified accounts to answer issues of illegitimate users who are posing as somebody else in the near future to address more security issues as they arise.