Twitter password resets
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I have received 4 of these emails in past 2 days.
This is the email...
Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter. We've reset your password to prevent others from accessing your account.
You'll need to create a new password for your Twitter account. You can select a new password at this link:
https://twitter.com/
As always, you can also request a new password from our password-resend page: https://twitter.com/account/resend_password
Please don't reuse your old password and be sure to choose a strong password (such as one with a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols).
In general, be sure to:
Always check that your browser's address bar is on a https://twitter.com website before entering your password. Phishing sites often look just like Twitter, so check the URL before entering your login information! Avoid using websites or services that promise to get you lots of followers. These sites have been known to send spam updates and damage user accounts. Review your approved connections on your Applications page at https://twitter.com/settings/applications. If you see any applications that you don't recognize, click the Revoke Access button. For more information, visit our help page for hacked or compromised accounts.
The Twitter Team
This is the email...
Twitter believes that your account may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter. We've reset your password to prevent others from accessing your account.
You'll need to create a new password for your Twitter account. You can select a new password at this link:
https://twitter.com/
As always, you can also request a new password from our password-resend page: https://twitter.com/account/resend_password
Please don't reuse your old password and be sure to choose a strong password (such as one with a combination of letters, numbers, and symbols).
In general, be sure to:
Always check that your browser's address bar is on a https://twitter.com website before entering your password. Phishing sites often look just like Twitter, so check the URL before entering your login information! Avoid using websites or services that promise to get you lots of followers. These sites have been known to send spam updates and damage user accounts. Review your approved connections on your Applications page at https://twitter.com/settings/applications. If you see any applications that you don't recognize, click the Revoke Access button. For more information, visit our help page for hacked or compromised accounts.
The Twitter Team
Yep, same here. Had it 2 times this week. Here's what I had active:
Siri
iPad app
Facebook
Seedrs
ShareThis
LinkedIn
Pay With a Tweet
Dropbox
and 2 more that I never noted down.
Siri
iPad app
Seedrs
ShareThis
Pay With a Tweet
Dropbox
and 2 more that I never noted down.
Having the same problem as well. Changed password for the third time and revoked access of all applications now, hope that helps.
Did you make sure your computer (or cellphone!) is malware fre?
Yes, I did make sure of that - and I haven't manually installed anything new since a month. In fact I uninstalled twitter from my cellphone pretty long back. And practically, there is no sign of any unusual activity on my account.
Has anybody faced multiple password resets in a short time? I recently approved Medium - But then after the first message, I have revoked all application access and I still get the "account compromised emails"
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The mail that I get is not a phishing attack but genuine