As we mentioned in our first post, the basic idea for Tripwi.re InboxAlarm sprang about because of the Twitter hack. For a dissection of how the site was attacked, Techcrunch has a very interesting article here.

But for the busy reader, here is a Spark Notes version:

• Twitter’s fast rise to prominence made it a tantalizing target for hackers.  It grew from a scrappy upstart micro-blogging platform into a start-up superstar.  Along the way, several events assisted in propelling Twitter into the mainstream:
  
  • Plane Crash in Colorado
  • “Miracle on the Hudson” - more on this one later
    
  • The race to 1 million followers between Ashton Kutcher and CNN
  • Oprah’s discovery of Twitter
    
  • The Iran Election

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