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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

SAN FRANCISCO -- 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."



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