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It’s happened again, folks. Another verified Twitter account was hacked this week, the latest victim being automobile manufacturer Fisker, who’s Twitter account was hacked by what seems to be a group of diet and exercise fiends, or just a couple of hackers wanting to post some spam. Either way, this marks the fourth time that a verified Twitter account has been hacked this week alone.

Previously, Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson was hacked on Monday by what appears to be the same hackers as today. Burger King and Jeep were also hacked earlier this week, making today’s Fisker hack the third automotive-related Twitter hack this week. We’re not sure what exactly is going on, but there’s a Twitter hacking spree going around, that’s for sure.

Fisker’s Twitter page has been brought back to normal, with the company addressing the hack, saying that “the fans and followers of Fiskerauto don’t need to lose weight” in a recent tweet. Today’s hack doesn’t appear to be linked to Burger King’s or Jeep’s hack, though, which saw both Twitter pages with changes to the branding.

Twitter has addressed its hacking problem in the past, and they’ve been sending out friendly reminders to its users to change their password every once in a while to avoid being hacked. However, there’s only so much they can do really. Sure, they could hire a work force of security engineers, but it seems hackers will always figure out a way in.

[via Jalopnik]

Fisker Twitter account hacked by diet aficionados is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This might be a clue about the hacking going on the past week or so. According the All Things D, a site called iPhonedevSdk (do not visit this site; it’s malicious), is responsible for the hacks of Facebook and Apple. More »

In what we can only assume is a replay from yesterday, Jeep’s Twitter account was hacked and much of the branding was changed over to Cadillac logos and images, mentioning that Cadillac has acquired Jeep, although that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’re guessing it’s the same hackers behind yesterday’s Burger King/McDonald’s Twitter hack.

Many of the tweets are also similar to what we saw yesterday, mainly dealing with the superiority of Cadillac over Jeep, mixed in with some incoherent language and hashtags. The background was also changed to a McDonald’s-laden blinged-out car, pretty much confirming that it’s the same hacking group that we saw yesterday, due to the McDonald’s reference.

If it is the same group, then the Defonic Team Screen Name Club are the ones behind today’s Twitter hack. The group is best known for hacking into Paris Hilton’s phone a while back. Of course, Jeep is gaining hundreds of new followers by the minute, similar to how Burger King’s following grew by 30,000 users in about an hour’s time.

Jeep’s Twitter account hasn’t been suspended, unlike Burger King’s account, and it seems things are back to normal. Jeep’s head of brand communications Todd Goyer says that the company is “aware of the issue and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible.” Most of the branding is back to normal and all of the irrelevant tweets have been deleted.

Jeep Twitter account hacked, taken over by Cadillac fanboys is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Last week, Facebook was attacked by a zero-day Java exploit. While the social network said that no personal data was stolen, it’s never too comforting when companies and services get hacked. This week, however, Apple was the target this time around, saying that a “small number” Mac computers have been infected.

Apple has confirmed the news to Reuters and say that they’re currently working with authorities to investigate the attacks, but luckily the Cupertino-based company says that “there was no evidence that any data left Apple.” Apple also plans to release a tool later today that will protect Mac users against the software used in the attacks.

UPDATE: Apple has released a new version of Java meant to plug up the vulnerability. It’s available now on Apple’s support page or through the Software Update tool on OS X.

However, the exploit was said to be spread from a website for software developers, so it seems regular consumers are okay at this point. Apple ended up identifying a small number of systems that were infected, but isolated them immediately to prevent further spreading of the bug. Since newer Macs ship without Java installed, most users shouldn’t worry, but the removal tool should provide a sense of ease anyway,

Similar attacks also targeted The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Twitter just recently. All companies affected said that no critical information was stolen, but of course, that didn’t make the situation much better. Twitter says that 250,000 accounts were hacked, resulting in conscience users to change their passwords right away.

Apple targeted by Java zero-day bug [UPDATE] is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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To no one’s real surprise, the culprit behind all the hackings against the United States is the Chinese Army. Specifically, they’re known as the ‘Comment Crew’ or ‘Shanghai Group’ (two rather non-intimidating names if you ask me) and they’re in P.L.A. Unit 61398, a 12-story office tower located just outside of Shanghai. That little building is responsible for much of the cyber attacks against the US from China. More »