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		</div><p>Recently we heard that close to 32 million Twitter login details were hacked and leaked on the dark web.</p>
<p>Twitter has now confirmed the hack is real but says that the breach didn’t come from them and suggests malware on users’ computers could be the cause.</p>
<p>“We’ve investigated claims of Twitter @names and passwords available on the ‘dark web’, and we’re confident the information was not obtained from a hack of Twitter’s servers,” Michael Coates, Twitter’s security boss, wrote in a blog post.</p>
<p>“The purported Twitter @names and passwords may have been amassed from combining information from other recent breaches, malware on victim machines that are stealing passwords for all sites, or a combination of both.</p>
<p>“Regardless of origin, we’re acting swiftly to protect your Twitter account.”</p>
<p>A blog post published by &#8216;Leaked Source&#8217; – which has built a database of login data that has been leaked or stolen – revealed the Twitter credentials were being traded on the dark web for 10 bitcoins (£4,000).</p>
<p>It wrote in a blog post: “We have very strong evidence that Twitter was not hacked, rather the consumer was.</p>
<p>“These credentials however are real and valid. Out of 15 users we asked, all 15 verified their passwords.”</p>
<p>Leaked Source suggests users’ data was stolen via malware – based on the fact that many of the stolen passwords were displayed in plaintext.</p>
<p>Coates, who says Twitter secures account credentials using bcrypt, added: “In each of the recent password disclosures, we cross-checked the data with our records.</p>
<p>“As a result, a number of Twitter accounts were identified for extra protection.</p>
<p>“Accounts with direct password exposure were locked and require a password reset by the account owner.”</p>
<p>Here’s what Coates suggests you should do:</p>
<p>1. Enable login verification (e.g. two factor authentication). This is the single best action you can take to increase your account security.</p>
<p>2. Use a strong password that you don’t reuse on other websites.</p>
<p><b>3. Use a password manager such as 1Password or LastPass to make sure you’re using strong, unique passwords everywhere.</b></p>
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