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Twitter Disables Feature on Site Due to Security Flaw
23 Jan 2010
Twitter has temporarily disabled one of the features on its website after a security researcher warned of a programming flaw that left the login credentials of its users vulnerable to hackers.
The company had temporarily cut off access to a feature that lets users display Twitter updates on their websites by using Flash technology. They have disabled the Flash widget while they look into the problem.
The problem exploits a widely known vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc's Flash programming language. The microblogging site's huge popularity has made it a prime target for hackers looking to spread malicious software to Twitter's millions of users.
The analysis of the Twitter site showed that it could have been vulnerable to attacks for more than a year, but that it was impossible to know whether hackers had actually exploited the Adobe flaw.
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twitter, security flaw, flash technology
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