{"id":24691,"date":"2016-06-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2016\/06\/25\/millions-of-twitter-accounts-compromised\/"},"modified":"2016-06-25T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-25T15:00:00","slug":"millions-of-twitter-accounts-compromised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/millions-of-twitter-accounts-compromised\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of Twitter Accounts Compromised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5641\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MillionsXofXTwitterXAccountsXCompromised.jpg\" alt=\"MillionsXofXTwitterXAccountsXCompromised\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Once more into the breach with Twitter. A company called LeakedSource claims to have gotten its hands on a database containing some 32 million Twitter passwords associated with accounts via email (rather than user name). Although per the company\u2019s information on the database, most of the passwords come from Russia, it certainly wouldn\u2019t hurt to change your password in light of this news, just in case. If you\u2019ve not heard of them, LeakedSource is a freemium website that allows you to check your login credentials to see if they have been compromised.<\/p>\n<p>The company stresses the fact that it doesn\u2019t appear that Twitter itself was hacked. The passwords appear to have been gleaned from browser history files, courtesy of malware installed on PCs belonging to individual users. Even so, as mentioned, any time something like this happens, it\u2019s not a bad idea to play it safe and give your password an update.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, on the heels of such news, it\u2019s a good time to remind everyone once more that if you\u2019re not using an up-to-date web browser, you should be. If you\u2019re not using some type of password manager to keep your logins secure, you should be, and of course, if you\u2019re using the same password across multiple sites, you shouldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n<p>If attacks like these have you increasingly concerned about the state of your company\u2019s digital security, we can help. Contact us, and one of our knowledgeable team members will review your firm\u2019s current security, assess your strengths and weaknesses, and help you build a more robust, integrated digital security system to keep your company and client data more secure. 2016 is on track to be the worst year in the history of the internet in terms of the number of successful breaches, and the attacks initiated by the hacking community are constantly increasing in their sophistication. Now is the time to make sure your own security is up to par, lest you become their next target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once more into the breach with Twitter. A company called LeakedSource claims to have gotten its hands on a database containing some 32 million Twitter passwords associated with accounts via email (rather than user name). 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