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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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Phishing alert: GDPR-themed scam wants you to hand over passwords, credit card details
Criminals are attempting to trick consumers into handing over passwords and credit card details by taking advantage of the flood of emails being sent out ahead of new European privacy legislation.
The European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into force on 25 May and the policy is designed to give consumers more control over their online data. As a result, in the run-up to it, organisations are sending out messages to customers to gain their consent for remaining on their mailing lists.
See the full article here.
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