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| Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers | Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers |
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| He might run the world's biggest social networking site, but not even Mark Zuckerberg is immune to being hacked. | He might run the world's biggest social networking site, but not even Mark Zuckerberg is immune to being hacked. |
| The Facebook founder's accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday. | The Facebook founder's accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday. |
| A hacker group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed responsibility. | A hacker group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed responsibility. |
| The group bragged about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Mr Zuckerberg to contact them. | The group bragged about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Mr Zuckerberg to contact them. |
| "Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm us." | "Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm us." |
| Engadget posted a screengrab of the alleged hack of the Facebook chief executive's Twitter account: | Engadget posted a screengrab of the alleged hack of the Facebook chief executive's Twitter account: |
| The Twitter account has since had the offending tweets deleted. Mr Zuckerberg has not sent a tweet from the account since 2012. | The Twitter account has since had the offending tweets deleted. Mr Zuckerberg has not sent a tweet from the account since 2012. |
| Developer Ben Hall tweeted a screenshot of Mr Zuckerberg's "hacked" Pinterest page. | |
| The BBC understands that Facebook's security systems prevented Mr Zuckerberg's Instagram account from being accessed. The photo-sharing service is owned by Facebook. | |
| Some reports suggested that the 2012 hack of LinkedIn may have been responsible for the breach. | Some reports suggested that the 2012 hack of LinkedIn may have been responsible for the breach. |
| Last month it was reported that 117 million LinkedIn username and password combinations stolen four years ago were being sold on the dark web for 5 bitcoins - worth about $2,300 (£1,595). | Last month it was reported that 117 million LinkedIn username and password combinations stolen four years ago were being sold on the dark web for 5 bitcoins - worth about $2,300 (£1,595). |
| The passwords were encoded, but in a form that appears to have been relatively easy to unravel. | The passwords were encoded, but in a form that appears to have been relatively easy to unravel. |
| The account, on which he has posted just 30 images, has more than 600,000 followers. | The account, on which he has posted just 30 images, has more than 600,000 followers. |