The social media site said it found no sign that hackers accessed the exposed data, but advised users to change their passwords to be safe. Twitter practice is to store passwords encrypted, or "hashed," so they are masked to even people inside the company, Twitter chief technology officer Parag Agrawal explained in a blog post. "When in doubt, it is better to have people change passwords than to be wrong," Enderle said. The analyst thought it unlikely people would abandon Twitter simply for being asked to change passwords. The social network earned $61 million in the first three months of the year, helped by strong growth in advertising revenue and modest gains in users.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 03, 2018 22:18 UTC