A recent security malfunction on Twitter has created a new reason to be worried about personal information online. A bug has been going around the site, both the old and new versions, that will pop up potentially dangerous material on your computer screen. This can happen without clicking on the dangerous information. It has been reported that the information is being retweeted without instruction to do so.
It is undetermined as to how dangerous the malfunction is. It could simply be taking users to sites they don't want to visit. It has been said that the problem could also be gaining personal information from the users computer, such as financial records and personal information. Before it was officially declared to be fixed Tuesday morning, the problem had already reached several high profile people.
Twitter is still unsure of the origin of the security problem.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.media/09/21/twitter.security.flaw/index.html?hpt=T2
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I wonder what Twitter will do to keep its image intact after a crisis like this.
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