Twitter asks 300million users change passwords
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twitter shares ebbed about a percent to 30.36 in after-market trades that followed word of the password mishap2 twitter on thursday urged its more than 300 million users to change their passwords saying they had been unintentionally unmasked inside the company by a software bug2 twitter practice is to store passwords encrypted or hashed so they are masked to even people inside the company twitter chief technology officer parag agrawal explained in a blog post2 due to a bug passwords were written to an internal log before completing the hashing process he said2 we found this error ourselves removed the passwords and are implementing plans to prevent this bug from happening again2 the san francisco-based internet company did not specify how many passwords were exposed or how long the glitch made data vulnerable to snooping2 out of an abundance of caution we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where youve used this password agrawal told users2 we are very sorry this happened he said2 the stumble comes as the sector faces intense scrutiny over the protection of personal data online in the wake of the cambridge analytica scandal which saw information from tens of millions of facebook users hijacked and misused2 the social media site said it found no sign that hackers accessed the exposed data but advised users to change their passwords to be safe2 going public with a security slip and getting users to take precautions is preferable to remaining mum and hoping no data was taken according to independent technology industry analyst rob enderle2 when in doubt it is better to have people change passwords than to be wrong enderle said2 with security it is always better to err on the side of caution2 the analyst thought it unlikely people would abandon twitter simply for being asked to change passwords2 openly admitting our mistakes quickly learning and moving on twitter co-founder and chief executive jack dorsey said in a tweet that including a link to agrawals blog post2 i love my teammates2 twitter last week reported its second consecutive quarterly profit boosting the outlook for the platform after years in the red2 the social network earned 61 million in the first three months of the year helped by strong growth in advertising revenue and modest gains in users2 first quarter revenues rose 21 percent from a year ago to 665 million and the key metric of monthly active users increased by six million from late last year to 336 million2

Twitter asks 300million users change passwords
News & Trends •
twitter shares ebbed about a percent to 30.36 in after-market trades that followed word of the password mishap2 twitter on thursday urged its more than 300 million users to change their passwords saying they had been unintentionally unmasked inside the company by a software bug2 twitter practice is to store passwords encrypted or hashed so they are masked to even people inside the company twitter chief technology officer parag agrawal explained in a blog post2 due to a bug passwords were written to an internal log before completing the hashing process he said2 we found this error ourselves removed the passwords and are implementing plans to prevent this bug from happening again2 the san francisco-based internet company did not specify how many passwords were exposed or how long the glitch made data vulnerable to snooping2 out of an abundance of caution we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where youve used this password agrawal told users2 we are very sorry this happened he said2 the stumble comes as the sector faces intense scrutiny over the protection of personal data online in the wake of the cambridge analytica scandal which saw information from tens of millions of facebook users hijacked and misused2 the social media site said it found no sign that hackers accessed the exposed data but advised users to change their passwords to be safe2 going public with a security slip and getting users to take precautions is preferable to remaining mum and hoping no data was taken according to independent technology industry analyst rob enderle2 when in doubt it is better to have people change passwords than to be wrong enderle said2 with security it is always better to err on the side of caution2 the analyst thought it unlikely people would abandon twitter simply for being asked to change passwords2 openly admitting our mistakes quickly learning and moving on twitter co-founder and chief executive jack dorsey said in a tweet that including a link to agrawals blog post2 i love my teammates2 twitter last week reported its second consecutive quarterly profit boosting the outlook for the platform after years in the red2 the social network earned 61 million in the first three months of the year helped by strong growth in advertising revenue and modest gains in users2 first quarter revenues rose 21 percent from a year ago to 665 million and the key metric of monthly active users increased by six million from late last year to 336 million2