Technology | Twitter Twitter Wants You to Change Your Password Company says it's precautionary By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted May 3, 2018 4:12 PM CDT Copied In this Feb. 2, 2013, file photo, a smartphone display shows the Twitter logo in Berlin, Germany, (AP Photo/dpa, Soeren Stache, File) Twitter is advising all users to change their passwords, the AP reports. The company said Thursday that it recently discovered a bug that stored passwords in an internal log in an unprotected form. Twitter says there's no indication that there was a breach or that any of the passwords were misused. But as a precaution, Twitter recommends users consider changing the passwords they use to log onto Twitter. They should also change that password if they used it for any other services. The San Francisco company says it masks, or encrypts, passwords by replacing them with a random set of numbers and letters. But the bug caused passwords to be written to an internal log before that masking occurred. The company says it discovered the bug on its own and has fixed it. Read These Next Joe Biden's post-presidential life not as cushy as predecessors. Erika Kirk forgives assassin as Trump voices 'hate.' Superyacht's eye-catching feature also doomed it. Tom Brady's TV access and ties to the Raiders are blurry. Report an error