{"id":56636,"date":"2017-03-15T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56636"},"modified":"2017-03-15T11:27:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:27:25","slug":"twitter-hacked-turkish-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/twitter-hacked-turkish-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Hacked and It Appears the Turks Are to Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Twitter Hacked Leaving Nazism Messages<\/h4>\n<p>Today, dozens of Twitter accounts were hacked impacting various individuals from the European Parliament, UNICEF USA and BBC North America. \u00a0It is believed the attacks originated due to a diplomatic spat between Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands. \u00a0According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/if-you-woke-up-and-saw-swastikas-on-twitter-heres-why\/ar-AAomXhk?li=BBnbfcL\">MSN<\/a>, the Germans and Dutch barred Turkish ministers from campaigning in portions of their countries, leaving the Turks to believe &#8220;nazism is alive&#8221; in these regions. \u00a0Upon breaching the system, the hackers left posts in Turkish with swastikas and the hashtags\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nazialmanya?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#Nazialmanya<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nazihollanda?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#Nazihollanda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cyber criminals were able to hack the system through a vulnerability in a third app used by Twitter, called Twitter Counter. \u00a0This app offers statistical and analytical analysis of Twitter accounts. \u00a0Twitter has assured users the vulnerability has been patched, and Twitter Counter tweeted out the following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/if-you-woke-up-and-saw-swastikas-on-twitter-heres-why\/ar-AAomXhk?li=BBnbfcL\">statement<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re aware that our service was hacked and have started an investigation into the matter. 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