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Your Personal Messages May Have Been Read: Twitter Tells Users


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iOS devices may not have been subjected to the breachMicroblogging website Twitter, on December 21, admitted that a malicious code was inserted into its mobile-app that may have compromised some user’s information.
Twitter has also dropped in an email to the users urging them to update the android application.
The company noted that the potentially malicious code does not affect Apple’s operating system, iOS.
The email read “ We recently fixed an issue that could have compromised your [users] account.
Although we [Twitter] don’t have evidence that this was exploited, we can’t confirm so we are letting you know.”In the blog post, Twitter specified that the malicious code allowed hackers to access non-public information — direct messages and locations — and control users’ accounts. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576931406.1055813/Your-Personal-Messages-May-Have-Been-Read:-Twitter-Tells-Users?ref=audio_experience
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