The social media giant Twitter said that it has become the latest victim of cyber-attacks, saying hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its over 200 million active users. The company said in blog post on Friday that it detected attempts to gain access to its user data. It detected and shut down one attack just after it was detected. Twitter found that the attackers may have stolen user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords of around 250,000 users. Twitter reset-ed the passwords of 250,000 users and sent emails advising the affected users.
"The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked," Bob Lord, Twitter's director of information security said. One expert said that the Twitter hack was probably happened after an employee's home or work computer was compromised through vulnerabilities in Java.
"The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked," Bob Lord, Twitter's director of information security said. One expert said that the Twitter hack was probably happened after an employee's home or work computer was compromised through vulnerabilities in Java.
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