Oculus CEO’s Twitter Hacked
witter account of Brendan Iribe, the CEO of Facebook’s virtual reality headset maker, Oculus, was hacked a few days ago, which made him the latest in a long line of important figures to have had their social media accounts breached.
Iribe’s account was taken over several days ago, with a tweet being sent out to his 16,000 followers announcing that Oculus is very excited to announce “its CEO – @Lid“. After this, the hacker @Lid went on to tweet at users and chastise Iribe for using the same pass for 4 years. Iribe’s Twitter account was reclaimed within hours, after the hacker tweeted that he could give it back in exchange for a free oculus rift “so i watch porn the cool way”. It is unknown if Iribe gave in to this demand.
In the meantime, security experts point out that it wasn’t as bad as it could have been for Iribe – in fact, it was more embarrassing than offensive. Anyway, the recent breach once again demonstrated the importance of account security for various online services. Recent account takeovers also included Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry, Channing Tatum, Twitter’s former head and Google’s CEO. Security experts continue to warn against trusting interconnected services and weak security, including using an old password.
Iribe’s account was taken over several days ago, with a tweet being sent out to his 16,000 followers announcing that Oculus is very excited to announce “its CEO – @Lid“. After this, the hacker @Lid went on to tweet at users and chastise Iribe for using the same pass for 4 years. Iribe’s Twitter account was reclaimed within hours, after the hacker tweeted that he could give it back in exchange for a free oculus rift “so i watch porn the cool way”. It is unknown if Iribe gave in to this demand.
In the meantime, security experts point out that it wasn’t as bad as it could have been for Iribe – in fact, it was more embarrassing than offensive. Anyway, the recent breach once again demonstrated the importance of account security for various online services. Recent account takeovers also included Mark Zuckerberg, Katy Perry, Channing Tatum, Twitter’s former head and Google’s CEO. Security experts continue to warn against trusting interconnected services and weak security, including using an old password.
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