Sunday, July 10, 2011

How Minister For The Environment Peter Kent Got Hacked: He Clicked On The Ass!

An explanation of the Peter Kent Facebook hack:

Actually, that's thanks to a well-known weakness in the FB apps API. It ends up allowing people to post a link to an external website, and then have that link automatically share that link on the person's wall and to their friends. The conclusion? Peter Kent clicked on the link when he saw another victim post it, and it was automagically spread all around as if he'd intentionally shared it. I see those things blow by on my feed all the time... always good for a larf at the sucker that got conned into clicking the link.

OH MY!

6 comments:

Holly Stick said...

Are we talking about a certain royal ass that became famous on twitter recently?

bigcitylib said...

No. Fatter than that. See previous post.

bigcitylib said...

Specifically, click on the facebook image to enlarge. More physically imposing than Kate, but far less elegant. Don't get me started on this kind of stuff, though.

Polyorchnid Octopunch said...

Thanks for the h/t :)

Polyorchnid Octopunch said...

As an aside, there's a downside to all of this... when you click on those links, you implicitly give permission to the person who is running the scam to rummage through some of your facebook information... and some of your friend's information as well.

sharonapple88 said...

The conclusion? Peter Kent clicked on the link when he saw another victim post it, and it was automagically spread all around as if he'd intentionally shared it.

He likes big butts and he can't deny. ;)