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Twitter Triggers False Security Alarm

  • Re/code, Tuesday, March 4, 2014 12:21 PM
Without the help of a single hacker, Twitter set off a minor security scare on Monday. “We unintentionally sent some password reset notices tonight, due to a system error,” a Twitter spokesman tells Re/code. Intentional or not, security breaches are becoming more common for Twitter users. “Last year, the company disclosed that its systems had been attacked by an unidentified group of hackers, potentially exposing the usernames, email addresses and other sensitive information of approximately 250,000 of its users.”
 

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