Millions of Twitter passwords dumped online

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  1. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Millions of Twitter passwords dumped online
    About 33 million passwords for Twitter users have been released in a massive data breach, which is now available on the website LeakedSource. Twitter has begun notifying affected users and says the breach did not originate from the company's computers. (Wall Street Journal)
     
  2. Baron

    Baron Administrator

    Well, that's going to be the final nail in the coffin for them I'm afraid.
     
  3. OptionGuru

    OptionGuru

    Probably all inactive accounts.



    :)
     
  4. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Boom Bust said passwords were mostly Russian and predictable...
     
  5. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Hacking group targets former Twitter CEO
    The former CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo, was targeted by the same group that hacked Mark Zuckerberg's Pinterest and Twitter accounts. His Twitter and Pinterest accounts appeared to have posts referring to the hacking group OurMine, which purports to teach Internet users to better protect their accounts. (Re/code)