Several Twitter users have received email like the one below. It says that your account may have been compromised by a service or website Twitter is not associated with. That is why your password had been reset and prompts you to create a new one.
Twitter has confirmed it sent these emails in a blog post: These emails from Twitter have spread quite some panic and users are still seriously searching for answers. In this case, we unintentionally reset passwords of a larger number of accounts, beyond those that we believed to have been compromised. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused. As always, we recommend that people review these tips on how to keep their Twitter accounts secure: https://support.twitter.com/articles/76036-keeping-your-account-secure# Although there have been some reasons to worry and some accounts compromised, there really weren’t that many. A little overzealous on Twitter’s part, but I’d rather have to reset my password for nothing than have my account hacked. One problem I see happening with this is some users might ignore the email as a phishing scam. On the other hand, it opens the door to hackers to create fake emails that point to a nefarious site and gaining access to your account. If you get an email about it and think it’s suspicious, just log into your account directly and change it and don’t follow a link in the email. Comment Name * Email *
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