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Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Shout Brigade — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:34:01 -0000

Thanks for this post -- so many of my friends have fallen victim to these scams recently -- it has saved me loads of time being able to just forward this on to them. Thanks again - all the best!! - Cary Scott

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

dylangirl99 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:39:05 -0000

Thank goodness you have this info. When "it" happens you can't find info quick enough! Friends thought I was sending lewd+gross DMs!How embarrasing! Men were shy to come out +say it +finally a female friend just came out with it! I almost passed out! Integrity is everything so I wrote 2 Kim+ she had me reach you-thanks so much!!! Of course I never really heard what they said (as me)I was told I would not want to know! But assume they all know I would never talk that way.I followed all your steps however-I will not hesitate to reach out for your expertise.Thanks so much again.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:31:48 -0000

Feel free to contact me if you need help.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

dylangirl99 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:35:24 -0000

I have been hacked people tell me. Apparently someone used my twitter name and sent disgusting tweets to people on my act..I am so upset. First I changed my password. But I'll go back and see what else I can do. If I'm not sure it's over I might contact you!!! Kim (on twitter) gave me your name.Thanks and I'll be in touch.What do we have but our communication on twitter-so embarresed the men recieved things I would not dream of saying(some were to polite to ask if I wrote those!-eeeks)(dylangirl99)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:25:45 -0000

Chris is super awesome about spreading the word!

My reasoning for sending users through the process of changing passwords first is to stop the damage and spread of the DMs by cutting off access to their account. If folks catch it quickly enough it'll be easier to contain.

Please feel free to share the post. I'm happy that it's helping so many people in the community recover from being hacked.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:23:03 -0000

Sorry to hear you were hacked so badly! Hopefully this will serve you if it happens again in the future!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:20:12 -0000

Hee. You could always ask the friend if the embarrassing photo link he or she sent is real before you click.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:19:09 -0000

It could be you don't have any connections? If you know you have some OAuth privileges then I'd suggest contacting Twitter support to let them know it's not showing up for you.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:18:17 -0000

Thanks, Jane, for sharing the link! I hope it's helpful.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:17:27 -0000

Don't feel stupid! Many people fall for it. I'd just be cautious regarding any links you click. Download Tweetdeck and activate the "preview URL" feature which will tell you what site you're visiting before it goes through. Especially be cautious if you don't typically DM with the person that's sent the link, even if you trust them. You can always ask them to confirm that they sent it before you open it.

Also, when you visit a link that asks you to log into Twitter, make sure it's twitter.com in the address bar before you login.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Wendy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:55:45 -0000

Yep. Got hacked. Fixed it based on your article. Feel stupid. Question: how do you ALWAYS know what link will get you hacked?

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Jane Willis — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:25:28 -0000

Thanks very much for this, a lot more people seem to be affected today and I've passed the link on to them

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Deb — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:25:31 -0000

Hi Michelle. Very helpful post. I haven't got any phishing DMs and don't have any OAuth permissions (checked that a couple of months ago). But saw your tweet and decided to check things out anyway. Now I can't find Connections anywhere under Settings. I wonder if Twitter has changed since your original post in November. Or if it just doesn't show up now when there are no OAuth permissions. Or maybe it's just me! :)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Kelly Parkinson — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:10:20 -0000

I just did the same thing! I clicked over from your bio. I've never been hacked but knock knock. Now I know what to do should one day my guard be down and there really IS an embarrassing picture of me out there. Thanks!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Diane Rayfield — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:41:25 -0000

Great advise. It seems the DMs on Twitter are usually suspect when these things happen so I stay away from opening those links altogether unless it's from a trusted source.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:47:05 -0000

Jeff, could be the OAuth permissions you've got on your Twitter account, check them out in your settings page and disable anything that you don't 100% trust.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

JeffBarden — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:28:38 -0000

Thanks for this post. One question. How can my account be hacked without me clicking on a bad link?

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Mike — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:36:23 -0000

Great info Thanks

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

prowse — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:49:11 -0000

That darned Imogeen Heap, I just new she was up to no good!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

michaelkennerley — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:14:49 -0000

Oh, How I wish I had seen this about a week earlier. Hundreds of messages about some IQ Quiz were sent out over my name and I didn't know how to stop them. I tweeted for help and some kind soul suggested I change my password. I did that but was locked out of my account and couldn't reach anyone for help. I then opened a new Twitter account with a new name managed to access my old account and one by one followed my previous list. It took a lot of time and the whole experience has been a nightmare.
Had I known what to do I could have saved a lot of time and angst.
Your advice is well taken. Thank you!

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

CathyWebSavvyPR — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:40:20 -0000

Great tips - thanks to @ChrisPenn for RTing the link to this. I saw this post before, and thought I had bookmarked it, but couldn't

' find it. The only thing I would do differently is send the tweet 1st that says yr account has been hacked, then go do all of the rest of the items on the list! The other thing I would do it to reteweet this post out, is that if anyone in your twitter stream did get hacked, they can get themselves out of it.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:26:32 -0000

Check your sent DM regularly. If you see something that you didn't send and it reads spamy then you've probably been hacked.

And don't click on them and you should be fine ;)

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

ejswensson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:22:37 -0000

I may not have been hacked but only received some of these DM's. How do you know? I noticed them 2-3 days ago, never clicked on them, do not get repeats.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

Chel Wolverton — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:17:43 -0000

Yep, as long as your signed into bit.ly via Tweetdeck it'll put that option in place for you. I'm not sure if you need to remain signed into bit.ly as well in your browser.

Re: Recovering from Twitter Phishing

danieljohnsonjr — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:51:17 -0000

In Tweetdeck, when you click on bit.ly links, it will preview the link so you can see what it's shortened from, before proceeding. I'm not sure if that's a default setting or one I changed to make so. In fact, adding the plus sign (+) after any bit.ly link takes you to the Info page.