Twitter apologises for password resets after security breach

Danny Palmer
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Large numbers of social media users forced to change passwords for no good reason

Twitter has apologised for a security error that saw large numbers of users' passwords being reset. Many users of the micro-blogging site received an email earlier this week stating their accoun...

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