Twitter phising attack: Victims locked out by Twitter
Twitter has suffered from a phising attack and has reportedly locked out all those Twitter users whose accounts had fallen prey to the attack. The phising attack stole the log in information of these users, after which Twitter reset their passwords.
AFTER THE Microblogging service Twitter was under a phising attack on Tuesday, February 2, it has reportedly locked out all those Twitter users whose accounts had fallen prey to the attack. The phising attack stole the log in information of these users, after which Twitter reset their passwords, effectively locking them out.
A statement by Twitter said, “As part of Twitter’s ongoing security efforts, we reset passwords for a small number of accounts that we believe may have been compromised offsite. We’ll continue to provide updates as warranted at @safety and @spam."
It asked its users to consult the help pages if their account was one of those that had been compromised. Denying that services like NutshellMail may have caused the phising attack, it blamed get followers fast” schemes for it.
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