Twitter in the nuz again. The exponential growth of Twitter seems to be attracting more hackers than Tweeters. With it’s vast database of members it makes the company a very attractive target.

The microblogging service Twitter was hacked during May 2009 and stolen internal company data was posted on a French blog this week.

Twitter founder Evan Williams confirmed the attack in an e-mail to TechCrunch, stating, “In general, most of the sensitive information was personal rather than company-related.”

Nevertheless, Twitter’s alleged internal projections were revealing.

Twitter estimated that 25 million people worldwide would be using the service by the end of 2009.

•2009: 25 million users
•2010: 100 million users (300% growth)
•2011: 350 million users (250% growth)

The firm projected that it would have 100 million users in 2010 and 350 million in 2011.

Don’t know if they’re being a little over optimistic or someone is looking into a glass ball & trying to predict the future. One thing is for certain, Social Media has touched a world-wide itch, and everyone seems to be scratching!

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