Hacks at Twitter, New York Times, WSJ and Washington Post highlight need ...

Earlier tonight, I received an email I would just as soon not have gotten from Twitter, along with 250,000 Twitter users who had their password reset. Twitter security director Bob Lord explained why I’d received the email on the company blog:“This week, we detected unusual access patterns that led to us identifying unauthorized access attempts to Twitter user data. We discovered one live attack and were able to shut it down in process moments later. However, our investigation has thus far indicated that the attackers may have had access to limited user information – usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of

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  1. Sarah Granger

    111.0 days ago

    Hacks at @Twitter, @NYTimes, @WSJ and @WashingtonPost highlight need for better #security hygiene, by @digiphile http://t.co/lkfecFGc

  2. Shaun Dakin

    111.0 days ago

    Hacks at Twitter, New York Times, WSJ and Washington Post highlight need for better security hygiene | digiphile http://t.co/orj4ZzZB ^sd

  3. Privacy Camp

    111.0 days ago

    Hacks at Twitter, New York Times, WSJ and Washington Post highlight need for better security hygiene | digiphile http://t.co/kv3KMdaL ^sd

  4. Alex Howard

    111.0 days ago

    http://t.co/QFa0E8dn RT @alykatzz Forceful advice on steps all journos need to take to ward off hackers. http://t.co/CIIP3H1h

  5. Alex Howard

    111.0 days ago

    .@WashingtonPost confirmed what @briankrebs reported this AM: they've also been subject to hacking attacks http://t.co/CIIP3H1h



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