Whoops ! look like someone look at over the Twitter bill belonging to actor / former underclothing model / producerAshton Kutcher .
Based on the rogue tweet ’s reference work to SSL , we ’d play that the culprit behind the malefic deed is most likely usingFiresheep , the Firefox extension which sniffs out and hijacks browse Roger Huntington Sessions , or a alike HTTP side - jacking putz .
http://gizmodo.com/5672748/sniff-out-user-credentials-at-wi+fi-hotspots-with-firesheep
Hopefully the guy rope or gallon who has control of Kutcher ’s Twitter account isjust a Firesheep vigilante — or like — with no cruel intentions , but I theorize we ’ll probably find out soon enough .
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Either way , in the succeeding Kutcher should be certain to habituate some kind of Firesheep or HTTP side - jacking protection method acting such asBlackSheep , Firesheperd , orHTTPS Everywhere .
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It ’s either that or he ’s got ta quit using shady Wi - Fi hot spot ! [ Twitter ]
Ashton KutcherSecurityX ( Twitter )
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