250,000 Twitter accounts hacked
Posted February 2, 2013 12:22 pm.
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Twitter has announced it has been hacked.
The social network said in a blog post Friday that approximately 250,000 user accounts have been compromised in a sophisticated attack.
The hackers gained access to data including user names and email addresses.
The attack is just the latest on a number of large sites, including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Affected Twitter users will get an email telling them to reset their passwords.
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