Twitter passwords exposed internally
05/07/2018 04:54 PM EDTNational Cyber Awareness System:
FTC Releases Alert on Exposed Twitter Passwords https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/05/07/FTC-Releases-Alert-Exposed-Twitter-Passwords
05/07/2018 04:54 PM EDT
Original release date: May 07, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued guidance for Twitter users on changing their passwords. Users should change their Twitter passwords as well as any other accounts that use the same password.
NCCIC encourages consumers to review the FTC alert https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/05/change-your-twitter-password-now for more information. Refer to the NCCIC Tips on Choosing and Protecting Passwords https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-002 and Supplementing Passwords https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST05-012 for additional best practices.
A copy of this publication is available at www.us-cert.gov.
I have a unique password on my twitter account, so no other sites are at risk. I'm not really worried about anyone using my twitter account; I have maybe 2(?) followers, and they're not people I know (so why are they following me?). I don't think I've ever tweeted anything, so any activity should be cause for question.
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FTC Releases Alert on Exposed Twitter Passwords https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/05/07/FTC-Releases-Alert-Exposed-Twitter-Passwords
05/07/2018 04:54 PM EDT
Original release date: May 07, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued guidance for Twitter users on changing their passwords. Users should change their Twitter passwords as well as any other accounts that use the same password.
NCCIC encourages consumers to review the FTC alert https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2018/05/change-your-twitter-password-now for more information. Refer to the NCCIC Tips on Choosing and Protecting Passwords https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-002 and Supplementing Passwords https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST05-012 for additional best practices.
A copy of this publication is available at www.us-cert.gov.
I have a unique password on my twitter account, so no other sites are at risk. I'm not really worried about anyone using my twitter account; I have maybe 2(?) followers, and they're not people I know (so why are they following me?). I don't think I've ever tweeted anything, so any activity should be cause for question.
[This entry was originally posted as https://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/981537.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]