http://mashable.com/2015/04/25/hackers-tesla-twitter-account/ Hackers briefly take over Tesla Twitter account, offer fake free car By Adario Strange [20150425]
[images http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA0LzI1LzdkL3RzbDkwODcxLmE3YTA1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/e09c4a23/633/tsl90871.jpg tsl9087 Image: Rick Bowmer/Associated Press http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA0LzI1LzlhL2RuNzAuNTI2ZTkuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/0c8a21cc/97a/dn70.jpg dn70 ] The most talked about electric vehicle in the tech world, Tesla Motors, suffered a hack targeting its Twitter account Saturday. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. ET, Tesla's Twitter account was taken over by unknown parties, with the message, "This twitter is now ran by @chf060 and @rootworx," and the Tesla name replaced by "#RIPPRGANG." However, neither account mentioned in the message has taken credit for the hack, and the owner of the @rootworx account has posted messages denying any connection to the incident. The subsequent tweets to the account by the hackers included racial epithets and even a message offering a free Tesla to anyone calling a telephone number posted to the Twitter account. The owner of the @rootworx account claims to have received numerous calls about a free Tesla following the hack, along with the denial of any connection to the cyber attack. Subsequent messages posted to the Tesla account direct credit for the hack to a Twitter account name matching the earlier hashtag. The takeover lasted just under an hour and, as of this writing, Tesla appears to have regained control of its account. [© mashable.com] http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/25/8497545/teslas-twitter-hacked Hackers temporarily take control of Tesla's website, Elon Musk's ... Earlier today, Tesla's Twitter account and website were taken over by some ... The hackers posted a phone number saying those who called it ... ... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-25/tesla-hacked-on-twitter-media-relations-e-mail-accounts Tesla Hacked on Twitter, Media-Relations E-Mail Accounts Tesla Motors Inc.'s Twitter feed and its media-relations e-mail account were hacked Saturday, with the electric-car maker led by billionaire Elon Musk becoming the latest victim of online vandals. The hacker or hackers who compromised Tesla's Twitter feed ... ... http://www.canadianreviewer.com/cr/2015/4/25/teslas-site-and-twitter-account-gets-hacked.html Tesla's site and Twitter account gets hacked April 25, 2015 Hackers seem to have gotten into both Tesla's website and official Twitter account. Around 5PM ET, tweets showed up on its page that suggest that the site was no longer handled by the company. It doesn't seem like anything to grave but it was still an ... For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Tesla-Twitter-Acct-hacked-Bogus-Free-Tesla-offer-tp4675131.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
