Something “Phishy” is Happening at Twitter

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Recently, some Twitter users may have been asked to change their passwords out of the blue following receipt of curious emails explaining that their accounts have been victim to phishing attacks. This may sound like deja vu as similar attacks occurred back in November.

While the alert e-mail itself looks like a phishing attack, tweets from a plethora of users are proclaiming that the email is in fact 100% true.  To be safe, if you receive this email, go to Twitter via your web browser and try to log in. If you can’t access your account then the email was legitimate and you should change your password as instructed. 

Twitter is reportedly working to better understand this latest attack, but they have yet to make a public comment on the incident.

Rest assured though fellow Twitter fanatics, don’t be alarmed.  Change your password and keep on tweeting because we all want to read about that movie you saw last night ... and what you’re having for dinner.