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Twitter Warns Users They May Have Been Hacked

Change that password, already

Reason Staff | 11.8.2012 4:10 PM


Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a password reset message from Twitter, and you should probably do what it says.

An unknown number of Twitter users have received a genuine e-mail from the company warning they should change their password as soon as possible.

But a Twitter spokesperson told CNET that the e-mail was sent to a wider group of users than intended.

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