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Twitter admits to recording plaintext passwords in internal log

 

Following an internal audit, Twitter admitted today that due to a bug in its password storage mechanism it accidentally logged some users' passwords in internal logs.

 

Today's disclosure comes after GitHub made a similar announcement earlier this week, describing a similar incident.

 

Just like in the GitHub incident, the passwords were recorded in Twitter's internal server logs in their plaintext format.

 

See the full article here.

 

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May the Fourth be with you

 

It's that time of year again, where Star Wars fans celebrate the very new holiday that has been gaining traction over the past few years, May the Fourth. For those of you unfamiliar, May 4th is a play on words to "May the Force be with you", and as such, has been getting a lot of recognition lately. TIME Magazine is one such entity contributing to the Star Wars fandom, they even added a personality quiz to see which characater you align with the most!

 

Feel free to take the quiz here!

 

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Cambridge Analytica: Facebook data-harvest firm to shut

 

Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal, is shutting down.

 

The firm was accused of improperly obtaining personal information on behalf of political clients.

 

According to Facebook, data about up to 87 million of its members was harvested by an app and then passed onto the political consultancy.

 

See the full article here.

 

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Cyber News Rundown: Facebook reveals "Clear History" feature

 


  • Cyberattack Shuts Down Mexico Central Bank
  • Facebook Implementing History Removal Tool
  • Fitbit Adopts Google Healthcare API
  • Northeast School District Pays Hefty Ransom
  • DVRs Being Compromised
 

See the full article here.

 

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