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Twitter Is Developing A System To Prevent Hacking Like What Happened To The AP

Apr 24, 2013, 19:31 IST

REUTERS/Regis DuvignauThe AP's Twitter account was hacked yesterday to put out a false report of bombs going off in the White House.

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Twitter is already working on a system to make sure that something like this is impossible in the future. It's akin to Google's two-step verification process for Gmail.

Wired reports that when you log in from a new location, Twitter's system will ask you for your password as usual, but will also send an additional randomized login to your mobile device – as Wired put it, "accessing an account requires having two things: something you know (the password) and something you have (a previously registered device)."

We'll see when Twitter ultimately rolls out its two-step solution, but take extra care with your passwords in the meantime.

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