I recently just got multiple messages from Twitter friends with spurious “direct messages” saying things like, “Win a new iPhone!!!”. As they certainly did not send me these messages themselves, it meant one thing: Their Twitter account was compromised (hacked).

What should you do if this happens to you? Besides the obvious thing of changing your password (and making it “strong” if you know what that means!) Twitter Support recommends checking your “Connections” in your Account and Revocking Access to other websites applications. I just looked at mine, and found 7 things with access. A few I wasn’t even aware of like “ABC.com” and “Huffingtion Post”. I revoked access to just about everytihing except the “twitter for mac” app I know I installed.

So check your “Connections” in your Twitter account periodically. Possible these might have a weak link and let a hacker in somehow.