Twitter hacked, up to 250,000 accounts compromised
As Twitter's stored passwords are encrypted there's little chance that the hackers could reveal the actual plain text password, but as a "precautionary security measure" Twitter has reset the passwords and revoked session tokens for all affected accounts.
Twitter managed to discover the attack while it was in to process of accessing unauthorized data, which meant they could shut it down before any more data was accessed.
Twitter is working with law enforcement agencies to try and find the people responsible for the recent attack, while also telling people to disable Java on their computers.
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PoonPosted:
CNTB That's not that many accounts compared to how Many people have
thats still a Sh*t load!
SmurfsPosted:
CNTB That's not that many accounts compared to how Many people have
Yeah, but that is a lot to be hacked.
ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:
MTVphlegmAR15 They sent out emails to the effected people so that they could reset their emails and passwords, but said it would be a wise idea for everyone to reset their information even if you weren't effected.
Well, I did anyways. This sucks for twitter, it's the only social media website parents haven't ruined yet...
Parents haven't ruined it.
I know, that's what I was saying. Parents ruined facebook. It would suck if Twitter's site actually got hacked, and not just a couple accounts. I'm just saying Twitter is great, and I don't want it to get ruined by hackers :/
SmurfsPosted:
FruitTelli Changing my password now...
I don't use my Twitter much but that's a smart idea. I'm gonna change mine know.
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