Twitter has instructed approximately 33 million users to change their password. On Friday, after the internal error was detected on social media, the Twitter authorities decided on Friday.
According to the BBC report, the password of users became risky due to the error. However, the authorities did not open the exact password of the victim.
The report also said that this problem has been coming on Twitter for several months.
Twitter authorities said that no IBS password misuse was detected by internal investigations. However, for the sake of security, users have decided to change their passwords. Twitter official, an interview with Reuters, said the error was captured a few weeks ago. Immediately, a report was made to the regulators.
While logged in on Twitter, users will receive a message saying 'we are very sorry' as a warning.
Toure's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey tweeted that when a user passes a password to login, it is changed to another number or font to hide it from Twitter's employees (hashing). But due to the error, before the expiry of the hashing, the customer's password was being stored in the internal computer's log in Twitter. It was possible to hack his ID.
He further said, "We have amended now and no longer see any indication of violation of policy or misuse." And believe that it is important to have open discussion among us about these internal errors. '