Limmy (@DaftLimmy) who got hacked. He wrote:
"Just noticed a picture that was tweeted from my account last night. I
was hacked. I am a dad. Please don't view it, it's private.
#ruinedlife."
Hackers have become 'crueler' these days. Personally, I fear them,
wondering what I would do should any one of my numerous social media
accounts catch their attention. It would be a disaster to lose any to
those darned hackers, after all the effort I put in.
Anyway, should your Twitter account ever gets hacked, here are the
steps you should quickly take, knowing that you have to fix the
problem immediately because, while you dither, the hacker is eroding
your reputation with damning tweets and DMs.
1. Try to log into your Twitter account:If you succeed (meaning the
thief did not change your password), change your password into
something much different and complex. This will stop the hacker and
give you control. Remember to make your new password strong/complex.
If you can't log in, you'll have to going to have to go through
Twitter's customer service and submit a Support request.
2. Secure your email address:You have to ensure that the email address
with which you registered for Twitter is secure. Changing the
passwords to that email might be a good idea too.
3. Disconnect your Twitter from all third party applications/sites:If
like me, your Twitter is linked to your Facebook, Blog, LinkedIn,
Tumblr and other places/apps, revoke all of them – you can re-link the
trusted ones later.
To do this, log in to Twitter, click 'Apps' in your settings and click
'Revoke access' for all applications you don't recognize.
4. Update passwords:Go back to your trusted third-party applications
and devices and update your password so that you can keep using them,
otherwise, you may be temporarily locked out of your account.
5. Apologise to your followers:Once you've successfully changed the
password, send out a tweet apologizing to your followers. Let them
know that the tweets sent by the hackers weren't yours.
6. Clean up:Delete all the tweets that you did not send but are
appearing among your tweets.
7. Get additional protection:Twitter offers you a more secure way to log in.
Now, your account should be secure and you can go tweeting again.
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