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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook CEO's Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn Accounts Hacked After Using Same Password

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

(Photo : Getty Images/Asahi Shimbun) Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses during the Facebook F8 Developers Conference on April 12, 2016 in San Francisco, California.

No one is safe from the digital age we live in today. Over the weekend, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts were compromised by hacker group, OurMine Team.

The accounts carry the same password, "dadada," which Zuckerberg used for all his social media accounts. The hacker group claims they found Zuckerberg's details in a database of stolen emails and passwords hacked from LinkedIn in 2012, which were all dumped online.

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However, it is unclear whether this bulk of information led to the breach of the social media mogul's online security.

"Hey @finkd we got access to your Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest, we are just testing your security, please dm (direct message) us," the hackers wrote on Zuckerberg's Twitter page which was later suspended. The group also mocked the 32-year old billionaire over his weak password, saying: "You were in Linkedin Database with the password 'dadada'!"

While the hackers claimed that they have also infiltrated Zuckerberg's Instagram and Facebook accounts, the company released a statement denying the same. "No Facebook systems or accounts were accessed," the company said in its statement.

Reports involving hacked accounts are not new among online users, but the effects are guaranteed to leave a negative impact in our society. Using the same password on multiple sites could possibly lead to a breach, allowing for hackers to expose confidential information, not to mention, even private and scandalous media files among celebrities.

In 2013, this case was proven in a study, which found that 55% of all internet users re-use their passwords in almost all of the accounts they own.

Last month, pop singer Katy Perry's Twitter account was also hacked. Perry joined other celebrities whose accounts have been compromised including: Justin Bieber, Lea Michelle and Britney Spears.

Zuckerberg, for his part, did not comment about this issue.

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