Hackers break into 55,000 Twitter accounts, leaving passwords bare

[Kent Sharkey]

The Next Web[^]:

In a massive leak, some 55,000 Twitter accounts have been compromised, leaving them open for abuse. According to AirDemon, accounts belonging to celebrities were attacked in the process.

And now spammers are wasting 140 characters at a time (OK, no change)

[UD]

Why cant hackers do something worthwhile and trash Al Qaeda web servers and the servers that provide hosting for host them?

[Albert Holguin]

They occasionally do[^]... a lot of these hackers are generally young though, so sometimes they target things that may just be popular or easy to attack.