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| » 11 May 2010 |
| Bug gives users permission to assign followers |
Twitter discovered another bug and the service verified that such thing truly exists in their system. According to this micro-blogging site, the glitch is being utilized by their users with the intention of obliging users to follow their updates without any confirmation from the individuals concerned.
Abusing the hole was trouble-free
The technical glitch permits the users to get themselves the followers that they need. This can be done by just typing the word “accept” and beside it is the other user’s registered Twitter name. The hole in the Twitter’s system could have been used in initiating the online crooks’ spamming activity. The spammers might have exploited the bug by creating large mailing lists only if the procedure that would be utilized is programmed.
There was a certain incident when this hole was exposed that even the celebrities’ Twitter accounts were automatically added to follow someone else’s messages without the individual’s permission.
Rapid spread of the information caused abundant abuse
Something can never be left unsaid in the web community and this is the reason how the report about the Twitter bug was instantly disseminated online. A large number of people abused the hole upon gaining knowledge of the said glitch. So as to avoid any further damage, the micro-blogging service quickly looked for the fault within their system.
The sad part here is that the users earned quite a disadvantage when the company found and patched up their malfunctioning system. The friends and followers in the list of the many users vanished upon having the bug fixed.
Repair for the damage is still on-going
According to the blog post written by the social networking company, they were able to spot the said bug and they promptly fixed the problem. In response to this event, they are currently acting on the incident and they will rollback all the exploits, which happened when the glitch was still present.
As seen by the administrators of Twitter, the number of follower and the following groups are zero. And, the company promised the users that they will solve this problem immediately.
At present, the micro-blogging site acts on this issue and they are already trying to bring back the previous settings for both the friends and followers. The company also announced that unknown followers will be eliminated from each of the user’s list.
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