Twitter bans net security expert

An internet security expert has had his Twitter account suspended for warning his followers about a phishing scam. F-Secure’s chief research officer, Miko Hypponen, sent out a tweet at the beginning of August, advising users to steer clear of a particular site. “I guess somebody will fall for it… a desperate Myspace phishing site at www. rnyspece. com. (don’t go there),” the message read.

More than two months later, Hypponen logged in to find that his Twitter account had been suspended. When the F-Secure expert asked Twitter to explain why his account had been disabled, the company told him: “You were suspended for using the malware URL rnyspeceDOTcom in DMs. Be careful! We scan evrythng [sic] for malware.”

Hypponen – who claims to have helped Twitter with security issues in the past – has now had his account restored.

Full Story: PC Pro (UK)