US Twitter 2013 Hacking (Q13044)
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A data breach risk event
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US Twitter 2013 Hacking
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A data breach risk event
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January 2013
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Online attackers were able to access the usernames, email addresses, session tokens, and encrypted passwords of 250,000 users. Twitter notified affected users and told them to create a new password. Anyone who used the same password and username or email combination for other sites is encouraged to change the password on other sites as well.UPDATE (03/11/2013): Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple were all affected by a similar breach around the same time. (English)
