Twitter warns Indian users of a data breach on the platform

Twitter users in India were greeted with an email from social media giant asking them to update the app for Android. This was sent out because on Friday, Twitter admitted that malicious code was inserted into the Android app. This code could have compromised users’ information and allowed the bad actor to view non-public information and even control people’s accounts. 

Twitter released a statement and it reads as follows,"Prior to the fix, through a complicated process involving the insertion of malicious code into restricted storage areas of the Twitter app, it may have been possible for a bad actor to access information (Direct Messages, protected Tweets, location information) from the app," As of this moment, the company has said that it does not have any real evidence that malicious code was actually inserted but it does not want to take any chances and preemptively decided to warn its users. 

We recently fixed a vulnerability within our Android app. To keep your account safe, please update your app as soon as possible. The update is available here: https://t.co/ImcsssBt9b

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) December 20, 2019

Users also noticed a number of warning pop-ups on Google alerting them to a breach of data on websites or apps that they visited. This also exposed their passwords. This data breach was reported two days ago when users started receiving said pop-ups. 

In a year that has seen a lot of activity on social media and the internet in general, this seems like a bad time for something as serious as a data breach. Stay tuned to Digit as we will regularly update this story as it progresses.  

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