There’s no grey area to be had here: It’s time to reset the password on your Twitter account.
This advice hails from Twitter itself, which discovered an internal bug that essentially stored passwords unmasked
Twitter has stated that there was no known breach of this info and offered the following comment:
“When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it. We recently identified a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We have fixed the bug, and our investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone.
Out of an abundance of caution, we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password. You can change your Twitter password anytime by going to the password settings page.”
The company went on to explain the bug, saying that during the hashing process, passwords were being written to a log. That should not have happened.
So, it’s time to change your Twitter password.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer and Twitter