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Sen. Grassley's Twitter account hacked over piracy bills
Senator Chuck Grassley talks to supporter Allan Frandson before the Republican Party of Iowa's Regan Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa September 17, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Brian C. Frank
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley's Twitter account was hacked on Monday with bogus tweets attacking his stance on Internet anti-piracy legislation, his office said.
Grassley, an Iowa Republican and prolific tweeter, had at least eight false tweets posted as he was on a flight heading from Iowa to Washington, spokeswoman Jill Kozeny said.
His staff noticed his Twitter account had been broken into a few minutes after the first false tweet was posted and called Twitter to have the password changed, his office said.
Kozeny said one of the fake tweets said, "Dear Iowans, vote against ACTA, SOPA, and PIPA, because this man, Chuck Grassley, wants YOUR internet censored and all of that BS."
Grassley is the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the bogus tweets dealt with legislation aimed at halting Internet piracy.
Grassley was among sponsors of the Protect IP Act, or PIPA,
but pulled his support for the anti-piracy measure last week.
Congressional anti-piracy legislation has generated fierce opposition within the technology community, with protests blanketing the Internet last Wednesday.
(Reporting By Ian Simpson; Editing by Greg McCune and Peter Cooney)
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Does he use that password for any other systems that have sensitive information on them? It’s very, very common for users to use the same password across many systems. How many hackers today thought to attempt to access government servers that it’s likely Grassley has access to using the same password that was tweeted from the account?
If he does, then his poor account-management practices on Twitter could have opened the door to a breach in secure information on them.
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