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Twitter Hacked and 250,000 User Accounts Potentially Compromised: Change Your Passwords

lifehacker.com on 02/01/2013

Excerpt: In a blog post today, Twitter has let users know that around 250,000 accounts have potentially been compromised. That means it's time to change your passwords. Twitter found unusual access patterns on some accounts. Subsequently, they've revoked access to all compromised accounts, and you should receive an email requiring you to reset your password if yours was hacked. That said, if you're worried about your account, now's as good a time as any to change your password for Twitter (and any other account with the same email and password combination). Here's a quick primer for getting started with our favorite password manager, LastPass: If you're brand new to LastPass, head over to our beginner's guide to LastPass to get up and running.... read the full post.
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