January 5, 2009.  Yesterday it was phishing attacks and an iPhone affiliate offer that were flooding Twitter.

Today… Twitter’s top accounts are being hacked. Some are posting tweets meant to insult or ruin the reputation of the hacked individual.

In the case of the largest account on Twitter, belonging to President Barack Obama, the hackers placed another affiliate link.

Here is a screenshot of the affiliate offer that was linked in the tweet:



Obama’s people were all over this and the tweet was actually removed within minutes of people posted.

From brencsutoras