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Twitter Reports Minor Data Breach Linked To State-Sponsored Attack

Calendar Dec 18, 2018 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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Twitter has been hit with a minor data breach incident that the social networking site believes linked to a suspected state-sponsored attack. In a blog post published on Monday, Twitter revealed that while investigating a vulnerability affecting one of its support forms, the company discovered evidence of the bug being misused to access and steal users’ exposed information.

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