Twitter account hacked? Here's how to clean up.

Over the past few days, far too many tweeps have found their account "compromised" when they clicked on malicious DM (Direct Message). The bad DMs were a phishing scheme that tricked the account holders into logging in to Twitter, thereby exposing their password. The account is then used to send out more spam, some of a highly embarrassing nature.

Here's instructions on how to recover from the official Twitter Help page.