Twitter has recommended its 336 million users change their passwords. The company announced on Thursday it discovered a bug that saved user passwords unprotected on an internal log. Although the company said there is no evidence passwords have been leaked or misused, it is urging its users to update their passwords. Related: Your Instagram posts help Facebook crack down on terroristsThe company protects user passwords via a process called hashing, which shows random characters in place of the actual passwords. After receiving criticism for saying Twitter didn't have to go public with the breach, Argawal followed up with another apology.

Source: CNN May 03, 2018 20:26 UTC