Just today, hackers have again sieged pop star Britney Spear's Twitter account a la what happened earlier in January 2009 (where hackers posted that Spear's genitalia had razor sharp teeth on them as a prank of sorts) and June 2009 (where a fake Twitter Update alleged that the singer was already dead). Ergo, the most recent cyber attack is at least the third one to corrupt the fallen yet ubiquitous diva's micro-blogging feed.

Because of the series of tragic celebrity deaths last June (which included the passing of such cultural icons as Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays, and Michael Jackson), the bogus pronouncement in the Britney Spears Twitter page regarding the alleged death of the nineties pop superstar (which was accompanied by a Twitpic of a cross for added effect) has surely been lent credence by all the other deceased people. Just like with today's hacking event, it wasn't clear how the hackers managed to gain entry into the famous teen idol's account.

As for the latest incident, the pop culture vandals breached into the controversial singer's Twitter page and posted a message that implies that she has finally sold her body and soul to Satan in order to bring about the end of times or some such nonsense. Britney Spears has apparently become the worldwide web's running joke a la Vanilla Ice during the late nineties, except for the fact that her star hasn't faded completely enough for people to finally ignore what happens to her life both online and offline.

The tactics used to perpetrate the virtual break-ins remain unknown, but they do demonstrate that even verified celebrity accounts (that is, accounts that have been verified by Twitter to belong to a certain famous person) are still exposed against web hijackers and online outlaws even though they're advanced enough to prevent countless nonentities from impersonating a certain celebrity.

Trend Micro's own Rik Ferguson, an expert security researcher, was among the first users to become aware of the latest Britney Twitter hack. He even jibed that he thought that Britney herself has sent the post via a DM (direct message). Furthermore, the Twitter accounts of both Sean Combs (P. Diddy) and Ellen DeGeneres has also published bogus death posts on Thursday as part of the same cyber assault.