Comments on: Twitter cleans up after weekend worm attacks

Security experts say be careful who you follow on Twitter, after worm attacks leave some users with infected profiles.

[Genjinaro]

Did any Birds here, get the worm?

[Rod Roddy]

A "bored" 17-year-old, hmm makes you wonder what he could have pulled off if he wasn't bored...?

[gggg sssss]

so twitter runs on linux - whrer are teh anti MS fanboys when you need them to make fools of themselves?

[monkeyfun14]

Take notice most Mac and Linux fanboys are usually the ones starting ****.

Eg; you

[rpen25]

Send his 17 year old ass to jail already.

[Steve_KTG]

So does this kid just have a really good lawyer or is he fearless? Pretty remarkable 17 year old. It seems like twitter is notably more on top of it this time around which is confidence inspiring. http://www.justaskgemalto.com/en/search/node/facebook is a pretty good overview on the privacy/etc. risks associated with social networking most are not entirely aware of.

[hotmail123]

This kid should go to jail.....let him know what "boredom" really is.

[Harrison912]

I use Twitter mainly for socially marketing my safety and security web site so I'm always watching what's going on there. I don't think my account was compromised but you never know. Thanks, Elinor.

[ududsha]

thanx for aware us about this threat!