The easy fix that could end Twitter's celebrity account-hacking problem

Twitter is under attack. To be fair, so is virtually every other online service. However, the number of hacked high-profile Twitter accounts is reaching epidemic proportions, with mischief-makers hijacking the streams of Katy Perry, Mark Zuckerberg and even the NFL in recent weeks.

Twitter needs to do something, and the fix is as obvious as Jack Dorsey’s now clean-shaven face: Two-factor authentication for every single verified account.

If virtually all celebrities are verified by Twitter (that tiny and somewhat coveted blue checkmark), then it stands to reason that this will stop 95% of all these celeb account hacks. Read more...