Over the last hour or so, there’s been a big spike in the number of folks reporting that Twitter had sent them an email asking them to change their password for security reasons.
What was going on? Had Twitter been hacked? Were these emails real? Was this some mega phishing attempt?
Yes, the emails were real — but no, you weren’t being hacked. Someone at Twitter just hit the wrong button somewhere, triggering an onslaught of password reset emails to go out to people who didn’t actually need them. Your account likely wasn’t ever in any danger (unless, of course, you actually were being hacked and the timing was an unfortunate coincidence.)
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