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Twitter has fallen behind some other Internet services in introducing secure accounts.

08 July,2011 12:32 pm

Twitter has fallen behind some other Internet services in introducing tools to help secure the accounts of users.Weakness in security became prominent when on 4th july 2011 some hackers took control of a Fox News Twitter account and sent out messages falsely claiming that US President Barack Obama was dead. Fox News complained that it took Twitter more than five hours to return control of the account to Fox. Twitter needs to commit to a thorough review of their security practices. Attack might have been prevented if Twitter had offered two-factor authentication technology to secure its accounts. Google Inc and FaceBook already offer two-factor authentication to confirm the identity of users.Twitter allows its users to communicate with the site using an ordinary, unscrambled connection, which makes it easier for potential hackers to steal passwords.