Friday, June 10, 2016

Twitter Hack: Should You Worry About Millions of Leaked Passwords?


Yet another security outfit is reporting that millions of stolen passwords — this time, for Twitter accounts — are floating around the dark side of the internet. Should you be worried?

In truth, it's hard to say. And that's rapidly emerging as the latest dilemma of digital life.

The website LeakedSource said it received a cache of Twitter data that contains 32 million records, including passwords. Twitter said that its systems haven't been breached. LeakedSource said the passwords were most likely collected over time by malware-infected browsers that sent saved passwords to hackers. 

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Source: NBC News

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