The Twitter account used to promote Microsoft's Bing search engine went slightly bonkers Monday afternoon, posting a deluge of pre-Oscar party photos. The Twitter account used to promote Microsoft’s Bing search engine went slightly bonkers Monday afternoon, posting a deluge of pre-Oscar party photos.The photo blitz lasted an hour or two on Monday afternoon, during which Bing’s 91,000 Twitter followers were bombarded with links to photos taken at a Saturday Night Los Angeles Confidential magazine party that was sponsored by Bing.“At the LA Confidential party presented by @Bing,” Microsoft said in Twitter message after Twitter message.The souvenir pictures show partygoers posing in front of a white background and are doctored to look like a Los Angeles Confidential magazine cover. They weren’t very popular on Twitter, where the reaction was instant and unforgiving. “@bing read my lips: I hate #SPAM !!!!!!!,” wrote one follower. “@bing Nice spam, instant unfollow,” wrote another.Microsoft didn’t seem to know exactly what happened, but a spokeswoman said Monday that the account was not hacked. “It was not our intention to flood the Twitter feed, we have remedied the situation and apologize for the inconvenience,” she said via e-mail. Microsoft removed the offending Tweets and apologized to followers around 4 p.m. Pacific Time. However, many of the party pictures were still visible on Bing’s TwitPic account.The Bing-sponsored party was held for Jesse Eisenberg, who was nominated for his starring role in “The Social Network,” a movie about Facebook.(Klaus Junginger with IDG News Group Brazil contributed to this story.)Robert McMillan covers computer security and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Robert on Twitter at @bobmcmillan. Robert’s e-mail address is robert_mcmillan@idg.com Related content feature Cybersecurity startups to watch for in 2023 These startups are jumping in where most established security vendors have yet to go. By CSO Staff Sep 29, 2023 19 mins CSO and CISO CSO and CISO C-Suite news analysis Companies are already feeling the pressure from upcoming US SEC cyber rules New Securities and Exchange Commission cyber incident reporting rules don't kick in until December, but experts say they highlight the need for greater collaboration between CISOs and the C-suite By Cynthia Brumfield Sep 28, 2023 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Financial Services Industry news UK data regulator warns that data breaches put abuse victims’ lives at risk The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded seven organizations in the past 14 months for data breaches affecting victims of domestic abuse. By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 3 mins Electronic Health Records Data Breach Government news EchoMark releases watermarking solution to secure private communications, detect insider threats Enterprise-grade software embeds AI-driven, forensic watermarking in emails and documents to pinpoint potential insider risks By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 4 mins Communications Security Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe