diff --git a/src/components/views/auth/VectorAuthFooter.js b/src/components/views/auth/VectorAuthFooter.js
index 40c3318cd3..ded8e22976 100644
--- a/src/components/views/auth/VectorAuthFooter.js
+++ b/src/components/views/auth/VectorAuthFooter.js
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
         return (
             <div className="mx_AuthFooter">
-                <a href="https://medium.com/@RiotChat">blog</a>
-                <a href="https://twitter.com/@RiotChat">twitter</a>
-                <a href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web">github</a>
-                <a href="https://matrix.org">{ _t('powered by Matrix') }</a>
+                <a href="https://medium.com/@RiotChat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog</a>
+                <a href="https://twitter.com/@RiotChat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitter</a>
+                <a href="https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web" target="_blank" rel="noopener">github</a>
+                <a href="https://matrix.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{ _t('powered by Matrix') }</a>
             </div>
         );
     },