Twitter profile hack pwns Mormons
RT @whereisyourgodnow
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Microblogging Mormons are up in arms after the Twitter account of the Church of Latter Day Saints was hijacked by pranksters.
Scallywags broke into the profile, probably by taking advantage of a weak password, to post tweets suggesting that the founder of the church, Joseph Smith, was a liar. Mendacious updates to the @LDSChurchNews feed suggested Smith had fabricated translations of sacred texts.
A number of followers subsequently posted their concerns about the messages on the microblogging site, net security firm Sophos reports.
A report by Church News, the official news site of the LDS Church, confirmed that the Mormons shut down the compromised account on Thursday after it was hijacked by hackers last weekend. The church found it tricky to track down Twitter administrators but received a sympathetic hearing once they did get in touch.
It's unclear when the suspended account, which had been active for about two months, will be restored.
Twitter profile hacking, more generally, is becoming increasingly commonplace. Previous victims have included the New York Times and Britney Spears, among many others. ®
COMMENTS
@EdwardP
They don't just suggest he took the time to cross the Atlantic (which is probably unheard of because it's not the kind of thing you cross-all-the-way-back-again just to tell someone you did it) they claim he descended from the sky into America, which considering the bible claimed he ascended into the sky when he left Israel isn't any more far-fetched than most of Christian religion.
And a capital C for Christian because I am one, and also a mormon (not capital m cos it's a nick-name).
Sam
@Ihre Papiere Bitte!!
Seeing parallels in cultures is one thing (many/most cultures have a Jesus type figure.), but suggesting that the Biblical Jesus took time out to cross the Atlantic (a difficult/unheard of thing back then) is inviting people to laugh at you.
Thanks, Reg
I live in Utah, and this escaped my notice. Of course I don't watch t.v. any more, so the garbage of "Fox 13, Utah!" and other Mormon tentacles can't get me...
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