Twitter warns users to change passwords after accidentally ‘unmasking’ them in an internal log

Just minutes ago, Twitter’s official support channel posted a tweet stating that users may want to change their passwords as a precautionary measure. We recently found a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We fixed the bug and have no indication of a breach or misuse by anyone. As a precaution, consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password. https://t.co/RyEDvQOTaZ — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) May 3, 2018 The tweet didn’t dive into much detail, but a blog post that accompanied it revealed that developers found a bug that stored passwords “unmasked” in an…

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