SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In the latest online attack, Twitter says hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.
In a blog posting Friday, Twitter says it detected attempts this week to gain access to its user data. It shut down one attack moments after it was detected.
But it discovered that the attackers may have gained access to usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords belonging to 250,000 users. Twitter has reset the pilfered passwords and sent users email advising them that they’ll have to create a new one.
Twitter noted a recent uptick in breaches at U.S. media and technology companies. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal reported this week that their computer systems had been infiltrated by China-based hackers.
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DefyTYRANNY
Feb. 4, 2013 at 5:23pmNope, my Twitter account is bulletproof and unhack-able! Because I don’t have one.
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RDYSTGO
Feb. 3, 2013 at 8:20amIt was those damn second graders. Scouts Honor baby.
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sledgehammer44
Feb. 2, 2013 at 10:00pmI never joined and never will, so I guess I’m safe.
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G-WHIZ
Feb. 4, 2013 at 12:08pmDon’t forget…the OBAMACRISIS-CLUE is: “might-have…”. This Crisis is designed to fake-you into [not] using the internet, twitter and/or facebook!! Since the FED/GOVT can’t shut-down the e-net, these [designer-crisis'] will do it for them with {fear}!! NOT!
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Chuck7884
Feb. 2, 2013 at 2:13pmMine most likely, have not used it in a number of years
cannot remember my log on or password I used.
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CulperGang
Feb. 2, 2013 at 1:26pmSpiers being spied on.
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WirbelDave
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:05pmI finally understand TheBlaze! I finally get it! All I had to do was find out how you guys don’t use Twitter and obviously don’t understand the concept of it. With this new information I have finally figured out you’re just nothing but a bunch of old white racists! And seriously, don’t say you aren’t. I’ve read your hateful comments. You hate immigrants, you hate minorities, and you hate young people. That’s about 90% of you that comment on this website. Just an observation. I rarely comment because if I do I would be called a troll. I don’t troll. I just use this website for it’s only purpose – Entertainment.
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Rex Corvinus
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:32pmThis site needs a better breed of troll. The ones (ex., wirbeldave) currently lurking here are boring, repetitive, tedious in their mediocrity, and frustrating in the simplicity of their ignorance.
I blame the folks who regularly comment here — y’all need to step up your game (sharper arguments, more biting wit, etc.) so that the stupider trolls are either too intimidated to comment or too shamed to comment more than once.
After that, you’ll still have trolls (that’s the reality of the internet) but at least they’ll be worthy trolls.
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IndyGuy
Feb. 2, 2013 at 8:02pm@ Rex…..We shall try,but if we get better,who’s to say the trolls won’t get better??? After all they have better access to each other for help with their Obamafones…And our Public schools are pumping them out by the millions…
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patriotsofworkingamerica
Feb. 3, 2013 at 8:17amJust checked all your other “non postings.” Seems to me you post quite often and most of it is hate filled because of differing opinions. Take a hike Progressive shill.
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Pigpen
Feb. 3, 2013 at 11:59pmHello, WIRBELDAVE, thanks for posting. For the record, I don’t hate young people, and I have a Twitter Account. [ @PigpenTweets ] And no, the majority of theBlaze are not “a bunch of old white racists”. Although I AM an “old, white racist” myself, and I would LOVE it if I could convert MORE of theBlaze readers to being a racist like me (I prefer the term “racialist” but maybe that is just semantics). BUT I would like to thank you, WIRBELDAVE, for your comment. You see, the biggest barrier I have in converting my fellow Blazers to the REALITY of race is that they are good, tender-hearted, Christian people who foolishly DON’T believe that all minorities hate all whites and always will, DON’T believe that their college professors are virulent anti-white, anti-American semites, and DON’T believe that it is yet necessary for self-preservation to abandon the impossible ideals of multiculturalism and tolerance. But thanks for stopping by and PROVING ME CORRECT with your hateful, narrow-minded, mean-spirited comment! The more times that my peers on theBlaze get to see “you people” show your true colors, the EASIER it will be for me to make converts! THANK YOU!
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toomuchgovt
Feb. 2, 2013 at 10:55amOne of NYS court systems said that Apple shut down Java due to vulnerabilities on Friday. Is this true? We could only find one news story. Facebook accounts are also being hacked, but they are many apple users.
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PingPongPing
Feb. 4, 2013 at 7:29amits been removed from apple OS for a long time.
Installing the java program is up to the owner, risks and all.
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RightThinking1
Feb. 2, 2013 at 9:45amWhat is this ‘Twitter’ of which you speak?
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DougHuffman
Feb. 2, 2013 at 9:29amWill hacktivists of all nations provide the sorely missing balance in political communication, are reveal the Procrustean fallacy of 142 characters.
Read N. N. Taleb on Procrustes, an Ancient Greek minor-god inn-keeper with one iron bedstead. He neatly fit all of his guests to the frame with windlass or axe – bloodily.
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hempstead1944
Feb. 2, 2013 at 9:12amNews like this makes me glad I do not have a twitter account…..this will not be the last time twitter is hacked.
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SocialistSlayer
Feb. 2, 2013 at 8:25amThe only Morons who use Twitter is Hollywood, Politicians , the Media and Loser Corporations that believe they are staying on top of things ! You people are a Bunch of Twits !
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patriotsofworkingamerica
Feb. 3, 2013 at 8:21amIt’s a great way to heckle the White House and all the corruptacrats in D.C.
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RichEG
Feb. 2, 2013 at 6:07amI’m waiting for the App that connects your smart phone to your gas, electric and water smart meter’s.
If the free App is designed properly, it will be able to access a user database and when your BFF flushes the toilet or turns on the shower, you will be able to Tweet them at the inappropriate time. The $.99 App will allow you to turn off the water while they are in the shower. Better yet, someone needs to develop an App that allows you to speak to someone remotely …. oh wait, that’s the telephone.
What fun ….. you morons.
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media-bias-steals-elections
Feb. 2, 2013 at 5:14amIt Twitter reset your passwords moments after detecting the breach, your account was not compromised?
You can imagine a lot of hackers quit hacking when they figure out they have lost control of their data, it’s just a matter of time? Between police stings, honey pots and virtual time machines, you learn the value of ethical behavior?
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WellRegulatedMilitia
Feb. 2, 2013 at 4:31amI happen to enjoy twitter. Not a waste of time when you follow Glenn, The Blaze, Dana Loesch and the like. Pretty informative.
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patriotsofworkingamerica
Feb. 3, 2013 at 8:28amAs do I Militia. I use it to keep up with information on meetings… like the gathering at the state capital building in Maryland on Wed. The 6th of Feb. from 11:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m. It is to voice opposition of a vote to suppress our 2nd amendment rights. You should go if you can.
See how that works you bunch of twits…
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DEFCON4
Feb. 2, 2013 at 1:33amAttention : All ‘tweet-dee-lee’ and ‘tweet-dee-lee-dumb’ abusers ,
put a ‘bolo’, on your Identity, amid other ‘necessary distractions’.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:09amLOL!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2vzTKh-O5c
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Smokey_Bojangles
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:56amSo how is spying on Americans going to fix this? While the government is watching the dude in the tin foil hat post “We gotta arm our Martian Brothers!” China is BofA’s bank accounts.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 1, 2013 at 11:49pmLet me check…….geee………..no, I don’t use twitter.
Besides what am I going to say.
“Hey guys, I am taking a dump”
Time to go to work, this idiot in front of me, at 5:45 in the morning is driving 10 MPH under the speed limit
Hey, it’s lunch time, I am going to eat my Turkey sandwich now.
Time to go home and make dinner, Hey, O’ Reilly is on, got to go.
So, safe to say, I don’t twitter, tweet, twoot, or any of that. So, all of you Twits, good luck with that.
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1RealAmerican
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:07amCouldn’t have said it better myself – total waste of time………
Just sayin……
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spikebu
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:14amI don’t know if twits come from your phone or your computer. I don’t want to know. Monty Python taught me what a twit is. Good enough for me.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:27am@spikebu
All I can say to that is “You Betcha”
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Gonzo
Feb. 2, 2013 at 7:52amWow! You’re taking a dump? That’s awesome, I just picked my nose. Isn’t this Twitter thing great?
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 2, 2013 at 7:57amHey DARMOK, I finished my second cup of coffee, then I took a dump.
Dang, so that is what is is like to be on Twitter. I’ve read many other twits and that is about the size of it.
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Fubared
Feb. 2, 2013 at 9:16amI had corn last night, and this morning it was looking back up at me!
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Gonzo
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:02amOK Fubared, I just puked a little. Job well done sir,
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spikebu
Feb. 1, 2013 at 11:49pmI’ve heard of the “Twit Olympics”.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 1, 2013 at 11:54pmOne of my most favorite Monty Python bits. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss
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spikebu
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:09amThanks, Darmok. Haven’t seen that in years!
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spikebu
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:23amI still like the “Silly Walk”.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 2, 2013 at 3:55am@Spikebu
Silly Walk till your heart contents.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 2, 2013 at 8:07amDARMOK, Many thanks, I have not seen that in decades and had almost forgotten it. ROFLMAO!
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13th Imam
Feb. 1, 2013 at 11:41pmNo, I don’t twit
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 1, 2013 at 11:54pm13th, only Tw@ts twit.
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RJJinGadsden
Feb. 2, 2013 at 8:08amDARMOK, Is that like our future infantry units, Tactical Women’s Alert Team?
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