Wednesday, March 15, 2017

How To De-Authorize All Of Those Twitter Apps You Forgot About

Hundreds of Twitter accounts were hacked with a swastika through a third party app, which means it’s probably time to check on your Twitter apps.

Earlier this morning, hackers took over hundreds of Twitter accounts and posted a message in Turkish that included swastikas and a "NaziHolland" hashtag. BBC North America, Reuters Japan, Nike Spain, and Duke University's Twitter accounts were some of the targets.

A statement from Twitter revealed that the source of the hack was a third party app. The company claims users don't need to take any action, but now might be a good time to review which apps you've authenticated with your Twitter login details and revoke apps that you no longer use.

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It's *very* simple. Go to twitter.com/settings/applications and review all of the apps you've authorized.

It's *very* simple. Go to twitter.com/settings/applications and review all of the apps you've authorized.

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Then, click "Revoke access" (obvs).

Then, click "Revoke access" (obvs).

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from BuzzFeed - Tech https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/how-to-de-authorize-forgotten-twitter-integrations?utm_term=4ldqpia

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