Julie Bishop has confirmed that her account has been hijacked. At the time of writing, it appears that most of the links pointing to the phishing site no longer work. The exact intention of this hijacker is not yet known but over Sunday and Monday, the hacker may have been successful in luring many Tweeps to giving their credentials to him/her.

Hundreds of Twitter accounts hacked starting Sunday  Australian Minister Julie Bishop is one of them   TechWorm - 35Hundreds of Twitter accounts hacked starting Sunday  Australian Minister Julie Bishop is one of them   TechWorm - 88