Computer users everywhere did the right thing on Thursday by not clicking an email link about resetting Twitter passwords, but the email link turned out to be authentic.
The situation unfolded Thursday morning when the microblogging site informed an unspecified number of users that their accounts “may have been compromised by a website or service not associated with Twitter,” the email stated. But an internal mistake at Twitter led to the email being sent to many users, not just those whose accounts showed suspicious activity, officials explained in the company’s service status blog.
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