Can my twitter account be hacked simply by clicking on a link?

[Sam]

I got a tweet from someone about some rubbish, and I clicked the link provided, don't know why. And even more stupid I replied to it with hateful comments. 2 days after this my account got hacked, thankfully they didn't change any of my details, but they did send out 2 tweets acting as me with more bad links in them. How, just by clicking the link, does an individual or company obtain your password?!?!? I never authorised any suspicious apps, never signed in on a dodgy looking site... How?

[Ch-ee-tah]

Ttutu

[jesus_disciple777]

Now you've learned to keep your opinions to yourself and not to click on links that you don't know about.

Two valuable lessons learned there, consider yourself lucky they didn't trash your computer instead!