Twitter admits to password recovery bug affecting thousands of its users

  • 18 February 2016
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Micro-blabbing site applies fix, claims passwords are safe.

 
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by Kelly Fiveash - Feb 18, 2016
 
Twitter has applied a fix to what it described as a "password recovery bug" that has exposed nearly 10,000 accounts on the microblogging site.

Microblogging site confirms "something is technically wrong."
The company added in a blog post that the e-mail addresses and phone numbers attached to those accounts had been affected by the security flaw. It said:
 
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That is quite a statement "something is technically wrong!" So what is being done and Micro blogging site does not have a clue??

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