According to twitter, a micro blogging site, 33 twitter accounts were compromised and false and inappropriate messages were posted online. Hacked accounts include prominent twitter sources like President-elect Barack Obama, Rick Sanchez, Britney Spears, Fox News etc.

It’s believed that accounts were compromised after a hacker accessed tools of the support team used to reset their login info.

Accounts were fixed quickly by resetting passwords.

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