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Real reason Twitter issued password reset advisory
About 24-hours ago, Twitter put out a tweet through its @TwitterSupport account urging users to change their account password(s) as a precautionary measure.
The call to update the password appears to be as a result of a bug, where passwords were stored “unmasked in an internal log.” Twitter further clarified in the tweet that it didn’t look like the information had been misused in any way and that the service has not suffered any form of breach relating to the internal log.
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Upon visiting Twitter, users will now be met with a popup, urging users to change their password. Upon changing the password the site will then ask users to review any applications that have been enabled on the account.
Twitter also blogged about the bug, adding:
“Due to a bug, passwords were written to an internal log before completing the hashing process. We found this error ourselves, removed the passwords, and are implementing plans to prevent this bug from happening again.”
The development is coming on the heels of a data harvesting scandal involving Facebook and data firm, Cambridge Analytica which has filed legal papers to shut down its business over the controversy arising from the incident.
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