Facebook loses control of its own Twitter account in hacker attack – and more news

It's time yet again to recap the latest security happenings. FACEBOOK HACKED (on Twitter) An otherwise slow Friday afternoon has been spiced up by a hacker crew that managed to temporarily take control of Facebook's official Twitter account. OurMine did not say how it got into the Social Network's Twitter account, but it did …

[W.S.Gosset]

RootGoat is a crime in Australia

"Root" being oz slang for procreative poking.

Hence why orstraylians loved that old ('40s?) children's encyclopaedia entry for the wombat: "eats roots and leaves". And yes, Lynne HerniaHammock tried to nick the joke, badly.

[KarMann]

Re: RootGoat is a crime in Australia

If you (being a presumable human) are poking the goat, it's not procreative.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: RootGoat is a crime in Australia

While RootGoat maybe a crime in Australia, the alternative RootSheep appears to be a popular past time.

Its a strange place down under...

[BillG]

Health Share of Oregon confirmed it lost 654,362 patient records

...health care provider Health Share of Oregon confirmed it lost 654,362 patient records when one of its 'ride to care' providers left a laptop in a vehicle that was broken into. Exposed details included name, address, phone number, date of birth, Social Security number, and Medicaid ID number. So just about everything needed for identity theft.

Any punishment? Anyone going to jail? ANY incentive at all to see that this doesn't happen again? Anything?

[The Nazz]

Re: RootGoat is a crime in Australia

Maybe you get lucky with a kindly Judge?

re Kevin Bloody Wilson : She's a Good'un

[lglethal]

could we actually get Twitter to trend a silly infosec goat meme? We’ve all been working terribly hard and some even mentioned making bots to aid in the efforts."

So just like all the political messages right?

[Anonymous Coward]

FBPE was a troll farm. You can tell because it shut down the day that that People's Vote campaign group imploded.

[Aladdin Sane]

I thought it was a cricket reference.

[Anonymous Coward]

Me too. I was thinking Joe Root, Greatest of All Time? that's overselling it a bit.

[Paul Johnston]

Rooooot

Yes good, but not as good as Sir Geoffrey

[Andytug]

"Remember to visit trusted news sites"

That's if you can find any.....

[teknopaul]

Love the hackers 1 pic. Hackers 2 did pardon the producers.

[macjules]

IRS launches identity theft portal

Allow me to FTFY:

"IRS launches theft portal"