Twitter hack: Made in Japan?

He wasn't a hacker, twitter was just bad at programming and overlooked such a simple filter.

It happened to me but the tweets that my account sent, without my consent, were in Russian.

It's not like he organized everyone to start using the script maliciously, right? I don't know, this whole thing confuses me. Either way, the fact that Twitter overlooked the problem sounds like they got a little too big for the their britches and thought it wasn't worth looking into.

The White House’s official Twitter feed—followed by 1.8 million users—was among those affected, though the offending message was quickly taken down

The WH Twitter account was taken down?

Earlier this year, he pointed out several scripting problems to Japanese Internet company Livedoor, which thanked him with a 15,000 yen ($177) gift certificate.

That's it?

The rest of the world’s media seem to believe that the hacker is a teenage Australian. The fact that he might also be a manga freak using a Japanese name really shouldn’t be that surprising.

Correction: The company said the attack began when a user, whom it did not identify, noticed a security hole and repeatedly notified Twitter. Weeks after being ignored he demonstrated the flaw on Twitter itself, which finally forced a fix.

...triggered by a Japanese computer hacker who says he was only trying to help.

Props to "Kinugawa” for his good intentions. LOL.

What is a twitter?