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Re:Hacking Stephen Fry's Twitter Account by GoboGobo on Monday December 28, 2009 @03:52PM (#1019353)
Even though his site's security was not completely up to snuff, he did have a pretty good password.
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Re:Hacking Stephen Fry's Twitter Account by danielh on Monday December 28, 2009 @04:36PM (#1019419)
Unfortunately, the chain is only as strong as the weakest link.

FWIW, the vulnerability is listed in the OWASP 2007 Top 10 as Malicious File Execution http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2007-A3

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