Mikeyy Worms Its Way Through Twitter

Update: A seventeen-year-old kid has suggest that when users go to the profile page of a user who is infected, their "About me" section is altered to include a link to a malicious site, which I won't name here.

Twitter was able to take care of the first round of attacks on Saturday morning, but more kept coming throughout the weekend. They have been dealing with them in real time since then, and they haven't stopped.

"We are still reviewing all the details, cleaning up, and we remain on alert,"
Stone compares the worm to one that has plagued MySpace in the past. The Samy worm spread across that social network, and its creator was ultimately prosecuted by MySpace.

Right now, the latest update on Twitter's Status blog from four hours prior to this writing says, "We are currently addressing a new manifestation of the worm attack." In another post, Twitter suggested that people use third party apps to communicate with the service for the time being.

Two hours ago, a Twitter's status blog, the Twitter's official blog. Twitter makes it very clear that no passwords, phone numbers, or other sensitive information have been compromised.

The worm comes as a potentially damaging blow as Twitter continues to snowball in popularity. It will be interesting to see if reports about Mikeyy impede the growth rate at all.