Twitter Warns Paying Customers of Potential Data Leak

Twitter is warning paying customers of its advertising and analytics platforms in an email that it is “possible” others could have accessed their personal and financial information as a result of a bug. As reported by BBC News, Twitter lear… Continue reading Twitter Warns Paying Customers of Potential Data Leak

Twitter Fixes Bug that Enabled Takeover of Android App Accounts

Twitter for Android users are urged to update their app to fend off a security bug that allows hackers to access private account data and control accounts to send tweets and direct messages. Continue reading Twitter Fixes Bug that Enabled Takeover of Android App Accounts

Twitter Plain Text Password Bug Prompts Users for Immediate Password Change

Twitter has warned its 330 million users to immediately change their passwords, as a result of a bug that caused passwords to be logged in plaintext before being hashed. Although Twitter says passwords are stored using the bcrypt hashing algorithm, it … Continue reading Twitter Plain Text Password Bug Prompts Users for Immediate Password Change