Katy Perry’s twitter account- which happens to be the most followed account was recently hacked. How? I can’t say but the hacker posted a couple of abusive tweets which were quickly deleted, so not much damage was done.
It appears Katy Perry’s Twitter — with her more than 89 million followers — has been hacked… pic.twitter.com/VmTVKJYGqj
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) 31 May 2016
Katy’s twitter account hack for me serves as a reminder of how vulnerable our online accounts can be in a world where cyber security is a really big deal. But while we can’t completely guarantee our accounts can’t be hacked, here are a couple of things we all can do to make our Twitter accounts in particular, more secure;
Use a secure password
There’s a good reason why more and more online platforms encourage (or even insist) that you create alpha-numeric passwords. Don’t be lazy when creating your twitter password. Use a combination of alphabets, numbers and symbols when creating your password and that way you’ll be making it more difficult for it to be hacked.
Use Twitter apps
By downloading the Twitter app unto your phone, you wouldn’t always have to login and logout and this would reduce your chances of logging into a malicious fake twitter website, which in turn would reduce the chances of your account being hacked.
Study links before you click on them
So some random person following you on twitter sends a link to your DM and you just click on it out of curiosity? Very bad idea! Even when friends you know in person send you a link via DM, you still need to look at it and if it doesn’t look like something a friend would send you, don’t click on it. Clicking on a malicious link could cost you dearly, so you’re better off being careful.