dormant
FacebookのCEOであるマーク・ザッカーバーグ氏が使っていたTwitterなどのパスワードが何者かに盗まれ、アカウントが荒らされる事件が起きました。
Zuckerberg’s accounts hacked
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg briefly found his Twitter account hijacked, as were at least two of his other social media accounts.
Zuckerberg’s Facebook account and password were not compromised, the company said in a statement; his account on Facebook-owned Instagram was also unaffected. Facebook Inc. said Monday morning that none of the company’s systems or accounts were accessed and that Zuckerberg’s affected accounts have since been resecured.
A person close to the situation confirmed that Zuckerberg’s LinkedIn and Pinterest accounts also were affected. Officials for both of those social media networks didn’t immediate respond to requests for comment.
Screenshots preserved by the technology website Engadget showed someone with access to his largely dormant Twitter account using it to say Zuckerberg was “in the LinkedIn database” and inviting the social media mogul to get in touch. LinkedIn declined to comment.
It’s not yet clear how the hack happened, although a spate of massive data breaches at companies — along with recent news that a 2012 breach at LinkedIn Corp. was much bigger that previously disclosed — has recently given hackers a wealth of password data to work with. Several high profile Twitter users have also had their accounts hijacked in recent weeks.
Zuckerberg’s name is synonymous with Facebook, but the billionaire has several accounts on rival social networks, including one registered with Google Inc. None appear very active.Speech
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002999408
今回取り上げる表現は、“dormant”です。『ウィズダム英和辞典』(第３版、三省堂)を引いたところ、第２義に「〈口座などが〉(長期間)使用されていない；〈才能などが〉眠っている、未開発の」とありました。
Merriam-Webster.comでは、“not doing anything at this time : not active but able to become active”と定義されていました。
今回の場合、「長期間使われていなかったTwitterアカウント」となります。
パスワードをそれぞれ違うものにする、そして定期的に変更するなど、今一度パスワード管理を徹底していこうと思いました。(Blue Sky)
過去に今回の単語の名詞形が取り上げられておりましたので、そちらもご覧ください。
