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| Tweetdeck users hit by coding attack | Tweetdeck users hit by coding attack |
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| A cyber-attack on Twitter platform Tweetdeck has infiltrated several accounts, and re-tweeted garbled code. | A cyber-attack on Twitter platform Tweetdeck has infiltrated several accounts, and re-tweeted garbled code. |
| The coding vulnerability hit several high profile accounts, including BBC Breaking News and that of Labour leader Ed Miliband. | The coding vulnerability hit several high profile accounts, including BBC Breaking News and that of Labour leader Ed Miliband. |
| The service was temporarily taken offline, but Tweetdeck later said it had fixed the flaw, and restored the web app. | |
| It did not ask users to change their passwords. | |
| The attack, which was carried out through a "cross-site scripting", or XSS vulnerability, re-tweeted messages from several bogus identities, and sent incomprehensible alerts to some users. | The attack, which was carried out through a "cross-site scripting", or XSS vulnerability, re-tweeted messages from several bogus identities, and sent incomprehensible alerts to some users. |
| Tweetdeck originally advised its users to just log out and sign back in, saying this would correct the problem. | Tweetdeck originally advised its users to just log out and sign back in, saying this would correct the problem. |
| However several users reported continued attacks. | However several users reported continued attacks. |
| The company then tweeted that it was taking down the service until the matter was fully resolved. | The company then tweeted that it was taking down the service until the matter was fully resolved. |
| Tweetdeck, a British company that was acquired by Twitter in 2011, allows users to collate different feeds. | Tweetdeck, a British company that was acquired by Twitter in 2011, allows users to collate different feeds. |
| The service has been subject to similar attacks in the past. | The service has been subject to similar attacks in the past. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, news aggregator Feedly suffered a cyber-attack which disrupted access to its service, and on Tuesday, note-taking app Evernote fell victim to a similar assault. | Earlier on Wednesday, news aggregator Feedly suffered a cyber-attack which disrupted access to its service, and on Tuesday, note-taking app Evernote fell victim to a similar assault. |