Twitter admits 'security incident' made private Circles not so much
Twitter has finally admitted a "security incident" caused some users' semi-private Twitter Circle tweets to show up on others' timelines. Some of these…
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Twitter has finally admitted a "security incident" caused some users' semi-private Twitter Circle tweets to show up on others' timelines. Some of these…
Following numerous complaints from users concerned that the Circles feature of Twitter was broken, the company has conceded that tweets that were supposed to be visible to only a select number of people were in fact accessible by anyone.
In an email to affected users, Twitter expressed its regret for the glitch, which "allowed users outside of your Twitter Circle to see tweets."
Twitter acknowledged a "security incident" that made Twitter Circle tweets public. Kacper Pempel/Reuters A "security incident" led to Twitter Circle tweets…
Twitter has confirmed that a security breach caused Twitter Circle tweets to be accessible to everyone. Meant for a select group of people, Circle tweets were viewable to everyone for almost a month.