Many Twitter accounts get hacked on daily basis
and in most of the cases it has been found that it is due to the negligence of
the victim. There are many ways to hack into someone twitter account but the
most common of all, which is being used by hackers, is sending a phishing link
to the victim account. Due to many URL shorting service provider on the web it
has become easier for hacker to send malicious links to the victim. Without
knowing the original link, people click on the link which redirect them to a
page that looks similar to twitter login page or Gmail login page or something
similar page, when a person enters there login information on this page they do
not login into their account but instead his/her account information get send
to the hacker and there account gets hacked.Let us show you how this happens.
- A person gets a direct message with a link into his/her account which looks similar to this.
- When a person clicks on the link he/she get redirected to a page which looks similar to twitter login page.
- Normally people don’t look at the URL and enters there login information. Which when clicked on Sign In button login information get send to the hacker and your twitter account gets hacked.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT GOT HACKED?
- Check your direct message folder whether any message has been send from your account to another user which you have not send.
- Check the tweets done by you whether there is any tweet which you have not done.
- Review your approved connections on your Applications page at https://twitter.com/settings/applications. If you see any applications that you don't recognize, click the Revoke Access button.
So next time before clicking on any link or
entering any login information check the URL. We have already discussed how to secure
your account on twitter (to know click here).
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