Breaking News – Hackers Breached Gizmodo’s Twitter Account

Recently, Gizmodo’s Twitter account has been hacked by a group called Clan VV3. They breached the account via ex-employee’s twitter & email account which was also hacked on Friday. They spread serious offensive & racist message to the followers of Gizmodo. Though the security breach didn’t last too long but it was a warning to other sites as well. We are also sorry for the attack.


The hackers attacked ex-employee Mat Honan’s e-mail and Twitter account first. Then they accessed to Gizmodo account through his twitter account. Gizmodo first blamed Mat Honan for the security breach they faced to their account.

Later they realized that it wasn’t his fault & apologized through a quick tweet.

We came to know that Honan’s Twitter account has been suspended & he created a Twitter new account @mathonan

Courtesy ZDNet

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Piash Das is Senior Editor for TheTechJournal. He is also one of the founding members of TheTechJournal. He loves to write about latest technology. He is interested in Renewable Energy & Linux. He is working as a Telecom Optimizer in RF Field and loves Football very much. You can reach him on Twitter And Google+.

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