Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg understandably has accounts on other social networks – it only makes sense to keep up with what the competition is up to. But that doesn't mean he bothers to maintain standard security practices with them. This weekend, his Twitter and Pinterest accounts were hacked.
We don't know for sure how those responsible pulled it off, but they're claiming it was all thanks to the LinkedIn password dump from a few weeks ago. Millions of LinkedIn user account details leaked online last month, with the company reacting by invalidating the passwords and contacting affected members to reset their passwords. But the story doesn't end there, because as we all know, many people like to reuse the same password on different online services.
Including Mark Zuckerberg, apparently.
Ouch. Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts have been hacked http://pic.twitter.com/KvVmXOIg5s
- Ben Hall (@Ben_Hall) June 5, 2016
Twitter was quick to react. While writing this article, we saw that Zuckerberg's finkd account had been suspended. It's already back, with the offending tweet deleted (Zuckerberg hasn't tweeted anything since January 2012).
Pinterest, meanwhile, still hasn't done anything. The zuck account is still clearly vandalized:
This is is the best reminder yet that if you have a LinkedIn account, you should go ahead and change your password there, and everywhere else. In fact, you should make it a habit to regularly change your passwords to all your online accounts. At the very least, use different passwords.
In case you were wondering, Zuck's Google+ account is intact. It's not clear if that's because he used a different account and password there or if nobody has bothered to check yet.
Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterests accounts hacked, LinkedIn password dump likely to blame
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