Twitter asks users to change passwords due to bug

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Thursday, May 3, 2018
Twitter asks users to change passwords due to bug
Twitter says you should change your password after a bug was discovered recording the login information of hundreds of millions of users.

SAN FRANCISCO, California -- Twitter is advising its hundreds of millions of users to change their passwords due to a bug.

In a tweet, the company said, "We recently found a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We fixed the bug and have no indication of a breach or misuse by anyone. As a precaution, consider changing your password on all services where you've used this password."

Click here for their full statement.

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