This is no different than when Sarah Palins email was hacked, back then conservatives wanted the hackers head on a pike, but since this attack happened to a democrat they blame the victim.
More hypocrisy and doublespeak by the neocons.
BTW is this the same Andrew Breitbart who edited a video of "Shirley Sherrod" to make her look "racist"? That Andrew Breitbart? LOL
He is just a right wing smear merchant... this is probably just another botched hatchet job by him.
The usual intrepid reporting by Politico...congrats!!
First, he posted three hours before the alleged hack post, and four minutes after. This means he somehow wrestled control of his account back from the hackers quickly. How is this possible? That would be quite a feat, either through password guessing or some sort of Twitter security hole. If it happened, why didn’t we hear about how?
Second, if he lost control of the account, standard Twitter practice is to remove the “Verified Account” status until Twitter can confirm the account is back under the control of the named person. Yet, the @RepWeiner account as of this writing is still Verified.
Third, such hacks these days are crimes, and are especially serious when directed at Members of Congress. If his Twitter account has been compromised, what else would the attackers have access to? Instead of reporting the attack to the FBI though, Weiner has made jokes, and in fact keeps joking about it. This is unreasonable behavior in the face of an actual attack, however if it wasn’t hacked, then to report one would probably be a crime in itself.
