Unknown hackers besieged Twitter this
week and may have gained passwords and personal information of up to 250,000
users during the cyber-attack.
Twitter confirmed it was
hacked in a blog post, saying that the passwords were encrypted and
that it already reset them as a "precautionary measure."
The social network is "in the
process" of notifying affected users.
Twitter noted recent revelations of
cyber attacks against the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal,
but did not elaborate on the origin or methodology of the attacks.
"This attack was not the work of
amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated incident," Twitter said
on its website, following the hacking.
