Cyber attacks in 2009
Oct 17, 2009
Twitter hack puts speed traders under focus
Reuters | Thursday May 2, 2013
The CFTC first announced it would come out with a concept release on high-frequency trading and other market structure issues last year.
Twitter security in crosshairs after AP account hijack
Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 25, 2013
The question remains as to whether security is tight enough on Twitter and other popular social networks
Twitter may introduce two-step authentication after recent hacking incidents
Surbhi Chawla | Thursday April 25, 2013
The two-step authentication is expected to help Twitter in com-batting hacking attempts.
Hackers tweet White House explosions from Associated Press account, markets tumble
Reuters | Wednesday April 24, 2013
Twitter and its reach to hundreds of millions of users is coming under growing scrutiny for the risk of privacy breaches on the site.
BBC Twitter accounts hacked by pro-Assad online group
Reuters | Friday March 22, 2013
The Twitter account belonging to the BBC's weather service was hacked by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of pro-Assad hackers.
Twitter hackers target Jeep the day after Burger King coup
Reuters | Wednesday February 20, 2013
The unidentified cyber-attackers replaced Jeep's logo with Cadillac's and suggested Chrysler's iconic group had been sold to the General Motors.
Hackers target Twitter, up to 250,000 user accounts could be compromised
Reuters | Saturday February 2, 2013
Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many as 250,000 user accounts.
Twitter hit by 'sophisticated' cyber attack, says data for 2,50,000 users was exposed
Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 2, 2013
Twitter said Friday it had been hit by a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets, and that the passwords of about 250,000 users were stolen.
