Twitter users including Sarah Brown hit by malicious hacker attack

Bug in new-look site exploited to redirect viewers on Twitter.com if they just hover over a link - but users of third-party software are safeSarah Brown is among thousands of Twitter users who have been hit by malicious use of a security flaw in the redesigned Twitter site.The wife of the former prime minister Gordon Brown, who has more than a million followers on Twitter, unknowingly sent a link which contained malicious code that would redirect anyone who moved their mouse over it - but didn't...

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