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AyrshireDJ · 14-10-2014, 10:38

Recently my Twitter account has been taken over and tweets all by itself, a lot of Turkish text.

Its also retweeting other tweets from similar accounts and has added about 250 extra followers / following.
I managed to unassociate it from Facebook, and have changed the password, and deleted all the tweets I could and unfollowed all the offending users.

All was well for about a day - then its all started happening again.

Short of binning the account and starting again, what else can I do to stop this.

paulbrock · 14-10-2014, 11:06

set up 2 factor authentication.
http://www.zdnet.com/tutorial-twitte...ep-7000028433/

Make sure your email account isn't compromised - it will be used to reset your password.

Also check which apps have permission to tweet on your account and remove any you don't know
https://twitter.com/settings/applications

AyrshireDJ · 14-10-2014, 13:32

Will try that later thanks

Email account isnt compromised that I am aware of - i can email from it and log into it

artesea · 14-10-2014, 17:19

Assuming your Twitter username is @AyrshireDJ, I'd suggest revoking TweetDeck as this is the app doing all the spam.

paulbrock · 14-10-2014, 17:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by AyrshireDJ

Will try that later thanks

Email account isnt compromised that I am aware of - i can email from it and log into it

Can anyone else?

AyrshireDJ · 17-10-2014, 08:51

Hmmm - i dont use tweetdeck any more

will need to check that its not linked - ive already unlinked it from Facebook so that it doesnt post anything on my wall from twitter

AyrshireDJ · 17-10-2014, 08:55

ive changed the password - again - but it isnt stopping all these folk from being added to my Following list

artesea · 18-10-2014, 12:02

As I said before remove the Tweetdeck permission. You do it from this page https://twitter.com/settings/applications

14-10-2014, 10:38	#1
AyrshireDJ Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 62	Twitter Recently my Twitter account has been taken over and tweets all by itself, a lot of Turkish text. Its also retweeting other tweets from similar accounts and has added about 250 extra followers / following. I managed to unassociate it from Facebook, and have changed the password, and deleted all the tweets I could and unfollowed all the offending users. All was well for about a day - then its all started happening again. Short of binning the account and starting again, what else can I do to stop this.

14-10-2014, 11:06	#2
paulbrock Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wapping, London Posts: 16,222	set up 2 factor authentication. http://www.zdnet.com/tutorial-twitte...ep-7000028433/ Make sure your email account isn't compromised - it will be used to reset your password. Also check which apps have permission to tweet on your account and remove any you don't know https://twitter.com/settings/applications

14-10-2014, 13:32	#3
AyrshireDJ Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 62	Will try that later thanks Email account isnt compromised that I am aware of - i can email from it and log into it

14-10-2014, 17:19	#4
artesea Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 345	Assuming your Twitter username is @AyrshireDJ, I'd suggest revoking TweetDeck as this is the app doing all the spam.

14-10-2014, 17:24	#5
paulbrock Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wapping, London Posts: 16,222	Quote: Originally Posted by AyrshireDJ Will try that later thanks Email account isnt compromised that I am aware of - i can email from it and log into it Can anyone else?

17-10-2014, 08:51	#6
AyrshireDJ Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 62	Hmmm - i dont use tweetdeck any more will need to check that its not linked - ive already unlinked it from Facebook so that it doesnt post anything on my wall from twitter

17-10-2014, 08:55	#7
AyrshireDJ Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 62	ive changed the password - again - but it isnt stopping all these folk from being added to my Following list

18-10-2014, 12:02	#8
artesea Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 345	As I said before remove the Tweetdeck permission. You do it from this page https://twitter.com/settings/applications

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