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Twitter: We Goofed; Change Your Password Now

Twitter has apologized after it discovered a bug in its systems that inadvertently caused passwords to be stored in plaintext in an internal log. The company is recommending a password reset for its more than 300 million users. Twitter doesn’t believe that the data has been misused or has left its systems, says Parag Agrawal, the company’s CTO. Security expert: The lapse brings into question Twitter’s overall operational security, says Chris Pierson, CEO of Binary Sun Cyber Risk Advisors.”]

Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/twitter-we-goofed-change-your-password-now-a-10972

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