Thousands of Twitter Accounts Hacked including Forbes, BlockChain through 3rd-Party App Twitter Counter to Spam #NaziHollanda Message
In a large-scale Twitter hack, thousands of Twitter accounts from media outlets to celebrities, including the European Parliament, Forbes, BlockChain, Amnesty International, UNICEF, Nike Spain and numerous other individuals and organizations, were compromised early Wednesday.
The compromised Twitter accounts is pushing a disturbing spam message written in Turkish comparing the Dutch to the Nazis, with Swastikas and a ” #NaziHollanda ” or ” #Nazialmanya ” (Nazi Germany) hashtag, and changed some of the victims’ profile pictures to an image of the Turkish flag and Ottoman Empire coat of arms.
In addition to the message, the hackers are also posting a link to a YouTube video and the Twitter account Sebo .
According to the latest reports, this weird Twitter activity on numerous high-profile accounts is the result of a vulnerability in the third-party app called Twitter Counter.
Twitter Counter is a social media analytics service that helps Twitter users to track their stats and also offers a variety of widgets and buttons.
“We’re aware that our service was hacked and have started an investigation into the matter. We’ve already taken measures to contain such abuse”, Twitter Counter said on Twitter.
