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Millions of Twitter DMs may have been exposed by year-long bug

Bug in Twitter API was Account Activity (AAAPI), an API that allows registered developers to build tools that let businesses communicate with customers via Twitter. The bug was present for over a year, but Twitter hasnt discovered any instances where DMs or protected tweets were actually delivered to the wrong developer. Twitter is notifying the less than 1% of Twitters 330 million users who may have been affected as well as contacting affected accounts via an in-app notice and on twitter.com.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/09/26/millions-of-twitter-dms-may-have-been-exposed-by-year-long-bug/

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