Zuckerberg's social media accounts targeted by hackers

Mark Zuckerberg
He might run the world's biggest social networking site, but not even Mark Zuckerberg is immune to being hacked.
The Facebook founder's accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday.
A hacker group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed responsibility.
The group bragged about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Mr Zuckerberg to contact them.
"Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm us."
He might run the world's biggest social networking site, but not even Mark Zuckerberg is immune to being hacked.
The Facebook founder's accounts on sites including Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest appear to have been briefly compromised on Sunday.
A hacker group called Ourmine, which has more than 40,000 Twitter followers, claimed responsibility.
The group bragged about the alleged hacks in a tweet and invited Mr Zuckerberg to contact them.
"Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm us."
Engadget posted a screengrab of the alleged hack of the Facebook chief executive's Twitter account
The Twitter account has since had the offending tweets deleted. Mr Zuckerberg has not sent a tweet from the account since 2012.
Developer Ben Hall tweeted a screenshot of Mr Zuckerberg's "hacked" Pinterest page.
The BBC understands that Facebook's security systems prevented Mr Zuckerberg's Instagram account from being accessed. The photo-sharing service is owned by FacebookMark Zuckerberg

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