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05-09-2014, 07:44 PM
Bitly Urges Users to Change Passwords After Security Scare
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Link-shortening and tracking tool Bitly (http://mashable.com/category/Bitly?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) is urging users to reset their passwords amid a security scare that surfaced late Thursday night.
"We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised," Bitly CEO Mark Josephson said in an official blog post. "We have ** indication at this time that any accounts have been accessed without permission."
SEE ALSO: The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right **w (http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The news comes just two months after Bitly suffered (http://mashable.com/2014/02/26/bitly-ddos-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
As a precautionary measure, the service has disconnected all users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts that were synced to Bitly accounts. "All users can safely reconnect these accounts at their next login," he added. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/bitly-compromised/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Link-shortening and tracking tool Bitly (http://mashable.com/category/Bitly?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) is urging users to reset their passwords amid a security scare that surfaced late Thursday night.
"We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised," Bitly CEO Mark Josephson said in an official blog post. "We have ** indication at this time that any accounts have been accessed without permission."
SEE ALSO: The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right **w (http://mashable.com/2014/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The news comes just two months after Bitly suffered (http://mashable.com/2014/02/26/bitly-ddos-attack/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
As a precautionary measure, the service has disconnected all users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts that were synced to Bitly accounts. "All users can safely reconnect these accounts at their next login," he added. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/bitly-compromised/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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