Hasta La Gadget!

The Syrian Electronic Army strikes again, and this time, their target was both E! Online and Justin Bieber. In a series of tweets, the SEA stated that Justin Bieber was coming out of the closet and admitting to his homosexuality in an E! Online exclusive. The group provided links following those tweets, presumably to malware infested sites. The SEA finished up their practical joke with the tweet, “The Syrian Electronic Army was here! Fans of @justinbieber, you have been trolled.”

The fake tweets resulted in a huge wave of responses from Justin Bieber’s followers. Many were shocked, many were “not surprised”, and many were indifferent. Hacking E! Online is a strange change of pace for the Syrian Electronic Army, who normally goes after news publications and human rights organizations. But its attack was foreshadowed with a recent tweet dated May 1st that said, “The next target will be different…”

E! Online is the latest victim in the Syrian Electronic Army’s attacks, but it most certainly isn’t the last. Twitter knows that as well, and has informed everyone to make sure their password is complicated and secure, and that news publications keep their passwords out of their emails. Twitter recently went to battle with the SEA by deleting their Twitter accounts, but seeing as Official_SEA12 is still up, Twitter probably assumed their attempts were futile.

Twitter is also in the process of developing a two-factor authentication system that should dramatically reduce the amount of account hacks, but the company has yet to reveal a launch date for the service. The SEA has already targeted many other accounts, such as several of CBS’s accounts, BBC’s accounts, NPR’s accounts, The Guardian’s accounts, and many more. It won’t be too long now before another group is added onto the list.

[via Business Insider]

Syrian Electronic Army takes over E! Online’s Twitter Account is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Those who preferred Twitter’s earlier, more liberal ways have regarded May 7th with a sense of dread, as that’s when API 1.0 (and our chance at a truly competitive app ecosystem) was supposed to go dark. While the company isn’t about to reverse course, it is giving the refuseniks a break by delaying the shutdown until June 11th. More time is necessary for blackout tests, Twitter says. We wouldn’t lean too heavily on remaining API 1.0-era apps and services when that instability exists, but the extra month does allow for a gentler transition into API 1.1’s brave new world.

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Out with the old, and in with the new, or so the saying goes. The thing is, not everyone is able to make the jump to the new any time they like, simply because of budget constraints. After all, the world is going through some pretty tough times at the moment, and for folks who are using legacy BlackBerry devices, it is time for you to rejoice as Twitter 4.1 is now available for those who run on BlackBerry OS 5 and above. Sure, Twitter 4.1 is not going to offer all the niceties that BlackBerry 10 delivers, but it is still better than nothing, right?

Some of the new features that you can find in Twitter 4.1 for BlackBerry OS 5 and above would be additional tools to help you discover friends, content and remain connected to your social networks. Not only that, signing up is easier than ever before, thanks to the ability to pre-populate the name and email fields from your BlackBerry ID (BBID) credentials. On your part, however, you will need to provide a new password. Other features include an Enhanced Profile and better notification support. Do take note that you might have to wait for another 24 hours before the new app version appears in BlackBerry World.

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You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

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Digital rights advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released their annual report of which companies are the best at protecting its users data from the government, and the results may be surprising to some. The EFF reports that Twitter is the best when it comes to protecting user data, while Verizon, Apple, and didn’t score so great.

The report ranks the policies of various large companies, and see how each company stacks up based on six privacy criteria, including whether or not the company published transparency reports and if they fight for users’ privacy rights in Congress and in court. Twitter came out on top, meeting all six criteria, along with internet service provider Sonic.net.

As for the low scorers, Verizon and MySpace didn’t meet any of the six criteria, while Apple, AT&T, and Yahoo only met one of the criteria. However, other companies that received high marks include Dropbox, Google, and LinkedIn, all of which require a warrant in order for their content to be handed over to government officials.

One of the trends seen in this year’s report is the constant low marks with wireless carriers, with both Verizon and AT&T scoring lowly, and the EFF is calling for wireless carriers to up their game and join the other big companies in doing their users a favor by publishing law enforcement guidelines and regular transparency reports.

EFF praises Twitter, slams Verizon over user data protection is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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