Micro-blogging website, Twitter had squashed its password
recovery bug on Wednesday (February 17) which had affected its password
recovery systems last week.
The bug which had affected the systems for about 24 hours had
the intensity to extract a user’s personal information including the e-mail
address and contact number.
The company has notified affected users, though it’s
believed to have impacted fewer than 10,000 of Twitter’s more than 320 million
monthly active users.
If a user has no received a mail, then it implies that there
account is safe.
The company would also call on law enforcement officials to
investigate any users who they find exploited the security bug to access
someone else’s account information.
The issue reminds of the practice what the company refers to
as “good security hygiene,” including double authentication.
While the issue did not impact user security, it illustrates
the trouble users face with protecting their own data.
While users could have
strong passwords, use two-factor authentication, and employ other security
techniques but if a company’s network is hacked, there’s little customers can
do but watch their information fall into the hands of malicious parties.