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55,000 Twitter Accounts Hacked, Passwords Leaked

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

MojoKid writes "Tens of thousands of Twitter accounts have been compromised in a recent hack attack in which more than 55,000 passwords were leaked and posted to Pastebin by anonymous hackers. Most of the accounts supposedly belonged to spammers, and there were many duplicate entries, Twitter officials pointed out. However, to play it safe, you should probably change your Twitter password ASAP."

2 of 66 comments (clear)

  1. Not just Twitter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How many people use the same password on several services?

  2. Re:Why the hell would twitter even KNOW my passwor by EvanED · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Good thing these passwords weren't obtained by attacking Twitter's servers directly then.