Twitter mistakenly resets passwords of some users

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 8, 2012
Tags: breach, passwords, security, twitter

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter says it mistakenly reset the passwords of some users as part of a routine security check-up. Thursday’s mix-up triggered warnings on technology blogs and in tweets that the online messaging service had been attacked by computer hackers. Twitter sought to clear up the confusion with a post on its website a [...]

LinkedIn investigating reports of stolen passwords

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: June 6, 2012
Tags: files, hackers, hacking, internet, leak, linkedin, passwords, security breach, sophos, twitter, user data

LONDON — Business social network LinkedIn said Wednesday it is investigating reports that more than six million passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet. Graham Cluley, a consultant with U.K. web security company Sophos, said in a blog post that a file containing more than six million encrypted passwords has been posted on [...]

Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 23, 2012
Tags: associated press story, facebook, job applicants, job interview, legal action, passwords, social network

NEW YORK — Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it’s an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities. The social networking company is also threatening legal action. An Associated Press story this week documented cases of job applicants who are being asked, at the interview [...]

Senator wants bill that would prevent employers from seeking site passwords

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 22, 2012
Tags: department of justice, facebook, passwords, privacy, senator, social media, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal

SEATTLE — A Democratic senator from Connecticut is writing a bill that would stop the practice of some employers to ask job applicants for their Facebook or other social media passwords, he told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said that such a practice is an “unreasonable invasion of privacy for people [...]