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Missouri legislators speak out about hacked Facebook pages

Date: February 7, 2011
By: Kyle Tons
State Capitol Bureau

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Three Missouri state representatives remain mystified as to how Internet hackers got access to their Facebook accounts. Reporting with more, here's Kyle Tons
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Wrap: House Speaker Steve Tilley recommends all government workers to use the private wireless Internet service provided.

Victims of previously reported events involving Facebook hackers were not using the password-protected Internet, but the free-public wi-fi.

Representative Donna Lichtenegger (Lick-ten-a-ger) is one of the four Missouri Legislator victims.

Lichtenegger (Lick-ten-a-ger)says all social media information should be posted cautiously.

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Description: Lichtenegger: "I think people need to really be vigilant about what they are putting on their Facebook pages...cause there are some people out there that would take advantage of it."
 
She says Internet hackers violate Federal Law and can be prosecuted.

From Jefferson City, I'm Kyle Tons.

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Internet hackers got access to three Missouri state representatives Facebook accounts. There's still no answer as to how they did it. Kyle Tons has more on the story.
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Wrap: House Speaker Steve Tilley says no one is completely certain on how the Facebook attacks happened.

However, Tilley knows that social media is still an important technology to use.

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Description: Tilley: "We certainly don't want to discourage members from using social media because I think it is a great avenue to visit with constituents from home."

Tilley says people need to take responsibility for some of their own security by changing passwords often.

Hackers got access to the three representatives Facebook pages over the past month.  A representative's staff member was also hacked.

From Jefferson City, I'm Kyle Tons.

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Investigators are putting the blame on the Missouri State Capitol's public wireless service after hackers stole the Facebook passwords of three state representatives. With more, here's Kyle Tons.
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Wrap: There is still no definite answer about how Internet hackers got access to three representative's passwords.

Public and private wireless Internet services are offered at the capitol, however private wi-fi requires a password.

Repuplican Representative from Sullivan Dave Schatz (Shots) thinks his connection to the public wi-fi at the state capitol allowed hackers to get into his Facebook page.

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Description: Schatz: "I guess I was on an unsecure...had my computer turned on but I wasn't logged into the secure network where you have to have a passcode"

Besides Schatz (Shots), two other representatives also had their Facebook passwords stolen and hacked. 

From Jefferson City, I'm Kyle Tons.