Justin Bieber’s Twitter Hacked, Fans Lured to Shady Website

Over the weekend, cybercriminals managed to hijack Justin Bieber’s 50 million follower Twitter account. The attackers used the compromised account to lure the pop artist’s fans to a website offering Twitter followers and other similar services.
The spam tweets were written in Indonesian and included shortened links. The links pointed to a website called rumahfollowers(dot)tk. This site is no longer accessible, but it appears to be a service that offers Instagram and Twitter followers and Facebook likes.
The tweets have been removed by Justin Bieber’s team. The celebrity posted the following message on Twitter after cleaning up his feed: "all good now. we handled it."
Some of his fans believe the spammers hijacked his account after tricking him into clicking on a link. This is a plausible scenario, since that’s how most Twitter accounts are compromised.
The attackers trick victims into handing over their credentials on a phishing site, or have targeted users install an app that allows the cybercrooks to post messages.
50 million followers means that a lot of people might have clicked on the links. If you’re one of them, you should change your password and revoke access to all suspicious apps to make sure the scammers can’t abuse your account.
This isn’t the first time Justin Bieber’s Twitter is hacked. However, it appears that the artist still has a few things to learn about online security.
all good now. we handled it.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) March 8, 2014
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