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Govt Twitter feeds hacked
THE security of government’s Twitter accounts were called into question this week after two were hacked.
The Isle of Man Constabulary was also urging people to ignore a hoax police account set up on Facebook.
On Tuesday, the main government and Manx Electricity Authority’s Twitter feeds were targeted, with spam messages being sent out.
A government spokesman said: ‘We immediately advised followers to ignore any suspicious direct messages, changed our security settings and cleared up the account. The matter was resolved within minutes and we have apologised for any inconvenience.’
An MEA spokesman said staff acted as quickly as they could to take down the accounts and reset the passwords, adding: ‘It’s business as usual.’
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Wednesday 22 May 2013
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