Twitter Corrects an Exploited API Endpoint That Matched Usernames, Phone Numbers

Twitter Corrects an Exploited API Endpoint That Matched Usernames, Phone Numbers

Twitter discovered something last Christmas Eve, and it wasn’t presents under a tree. The social network said in a blog post that it became aware of a large network of fake accounts last Dec. 24 that was exploiting its application-programming interface to match usernames to phone numbers. The accounts were immediately suspended, and changes were…

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