If you are on Twitter then you might have got the warning prompt to change your password. Recently the company revealed that they have found a bug which stores passwords and leaves it unmasked in an internal log.
But Twitter assures users that the bug is fixed and as per the investigation, there is no indication of breach or misuse by anyone.
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
Twitter uses a tool called ‘Bcrypt’ for masking process which replaces the actual password with a random collection of letters and numbers. The process is called ‘hashing’, which is a standard method in the industry, all passwords are stored in a non-decipherable form in Twitter’s database so that no one can actually see the real password.
But the bug found by the Twitter team caused all passwords to be stored in their original forms on an internal log leaving every user credential open and vulnerable.
But the bug found by the Twitter team caused all passwords to be stored in their original forms on an internal log leaving every user credential open and vulnerable.
Twitter is now sending a security message to change passwords, urging them to use a strong password and enable two-factor authentication to improve the security.
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