Obama's Twitter Account Hacked

According to Yahoo News, Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service.

Twitter founder Biz Stone, in a post on the official company blog, said a total of 33 Twitter accounts had been hacked including those of Obama and Rick Sanchez, a CNN television anchor with tens of thousands of followers.

"We immediately locked down the accounts and investigated the issue," Stone said, nothing that because of "transition issues" Obama has not updated his Twitter account since winning the US presidential election in November.

emily | 3:21 PM | Twitter |
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