My Twitter account -- @yes -- just got hacked. Can anyone help?

You made it to HN front page so help from twitter is probably on the way.

On the same topic: How do these accounts (including email) get hacked? Does brute force work even with max number of failed logins or what?

How do you know that your PC was not compromised?

My twitter account got hacked, but i did not comlain on HN. I really should have. Even though i got through to support (i have a friend who worka at twitter who referred me), they claimed that my email address was not the one associated with the twitter account. Well guess what, when you msg or add me to your feed, those notificationa come straight to my inbox. The only thing that doesn't reach my email account (standard gmail) is a password reset link . So annoying. I've been bouncing back with support for weeks.

"By default, you can initiate a password reset by entering only your @username. If you check this box, you will be prompted to enter your email address or phone number if you forget your password."

If you're able to get back your account, enable the "Require personal information to reset my password" option in the twitter account settings. Because you didn't have this option enabled, when your email was compromised all's they had to do was know your twitter username and do a password reset by email.

Good news everyone, my account has been fully restored. Special thanks to the Twitter support guardian angels.

Update: I made an interim Twitter account so that I can communicate with support here https://twitter.com/yesgothacked