Many users receive emails telling them that their password has been reset, what worries as phishing captures user connections

thousands of people and organizations have received emails warning that his Twitter account was hacked after a massive phishing attack on its users, on Wednesday night.

But the company admitted that the password reset overzealous in an attempt to protect users.

The company sent emails telling account holders to reset your password, and warning them that they may have been hacked. Although the e-mails were authentic, many people thought that it was also phishing - and ignored

Among the victims of the court was technically the site Techcrunch, which has 2.5 million followers, Twitter and a link that would attract more people into the hack. valid emails
start "Twitter believes that your account has been compromised by a website or service is not associated with your Twitter account. We reset your password to prevent it others to access your account. "

However, not everyone who received the e-mails may indeed have been hacked. Twitter said it was sending emails to people who have received direct messages - not publicly visible - other users hacked. By clicking on the link can take the user to sites that infect their machines, or encourage them to give their username and password for Twitter -. This means that the cycle continues

However, the new system Twitter to allow third-party applications means that users should never give your user name and password on the Twitter site itself, third-party applications must request a token "" which can be revoked by the user or Twitter. No third-party site does not directly provide the functionality of Twitter should require a password.

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