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How does a Twitter password get hacked?
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Twitter, like other sites and accounts that require typed passwords, is vulnerable to a number of traditional ploys. These include malicious software collecting personal information on the computer, vulnerable third-party Twitter apps, and using the machine on an insecure network.
Clicking on links and inadvertently entering your Twitter name and password on a phishing site can also result in a compromised account. Twitter has a help guide for those who think their accounts may have been hacked, as well as general security information.
