The "onMouseOver" Incident at Twitter is Fixed: No Need to Change Passwords

We can NOT warrant that this is true - just in case it is not - but here is the info:

Twitter Blog: All about the "onMouseOver" incident

Twitter writes at its TwitterBlog that the matter has been fixed and that more importantly:

"there is no need to change passwords because user account information was not compromised through this exploit."

Caveat Emptor. Everyone is at his or her own risk. Always be prudent and careful.

Glide Engage: It’s Twitter, But With 1,400 Characters

Glide Engage: It’s Twitter, But With 1,400 Characters: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Twitter apps, applications, blogs, sites and information | Twittereye

Twitter apps, applications, blogs, sites and information | Twittereye: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

LawPundit: Twitter Settlement of FTC Privacy and Security Complaint reported at Lexology by William B. Baker of Wiley Rein LLP

LawPundit: Twitter Settlement of FTC Privacy and Security Complaint reported at Lexology by William B. Baker of Wiley Rein LLP: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

The Trouble at Twitter Inc.

The Trouble at Twitter Inc.: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Drilling Down - On Twitter, a Close-Knit Network - NYTimes.com

Drilling Down - On Twitter, a Close-Knit Network - NYTimes.com

Twitter for Android at the Twitter Blog

At the Twitter Blog Twitter for Android.

Technology News: Blogosphere: Every Twitterer Can Be a Pundit Now

Technology News: Blogosphere: Every Twitterer Can Be a Pundit Now

Twitter Zaps Bug By -- Temporarily -- Wiping Out Followers - PCWorld

Twitter Zaps Bug By -- Temporarily -- Wiping Out Followers - PCWorld

Now Twitter Can Make Links Short And Twee.tt

Now Twitter Can Make Links Short And Twee.tt

Tweet Preservation at the Library of Congress

Twitter Blog: Tweet Preservation at the Library of Congress

USPTO and Twitter

Recruiting the Patent and Trademark Office to Twitter | Promote the Progress

Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists

Tweetable Art: 10 Twitter Tips for Artists

New EU Personal Data Protection and Privacy Laws to Target Social Media : Facebook, Twitter, Myspace et al.

Leigh Phillips at the EUobserver in New EU laws to target Facebook writes that:

"[T]he European Commission ... announced plans for comprehensive new laws that have in their sights the massively popular website [Facebook]....

Underscoring its new powers under the Lisbon Treaty and the legal basis given to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the commission said it wants to create "a clear, modern set of rules" guaranteeing a high level of personal data protection and privacy....

Mentioning Facebook, Myspace and Twitter by name, [EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media] Ms Reding said she will start this year with a revision of the 1995 Data Protection Directive...." [link added by LawPundit]

Read the whole article here.

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dailyRT | the most popular tweets on the web