Bitly
Urges Users to
Change Passwords After Security Scare
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Bitly 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."
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The news comes just two months
After Bitly suffered 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.
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