Twitter Hack Raises Flags on Security of Web Tools

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:22 PM EDT

Article Source: The New York Times

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The Twitter breach occurred about a month ago, Twitter said. A hacker calling himself Hacker Croll broke into an administrative employee's e-mail account and gained access to the employee's Google Apps account, where Twitter shares spreadsheets and documents with business ideas and financial details, said Biz Stone, a Twitter co-founder.

Moral of the story: Don't use the same password for everything. You should also change your passwords fairly often.