Twitter has announced it is deploying a long-awaited security measure: two-factor verification. The move comes about a month after The Associated Press’ Twitter account was hacked. Twitter is late to the game with this security tactic. A number of companies already feature it. However, the company must have scrambled to get it in place after hackers sent the stock market reeling last month. Using the AP’s Twitter account, the hackers falsely reported that the White House had been bombed and that President Obama had been injured in the attack.
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Twitter Learns How to Do the 2-Step
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 23, 2013 04:22 PMTwitter has announced it is deploying a long-awaited security measure: two-factor verification. The move comes about a month after The Associated Press’ Twitter account was hacked. Twitter is late to the game with this security tactic. A number of companies already feature it. However, the company must have scrambled to get it in place after hackers sent the stock market reeling last month. Using the AP’s Twitter account, the hackers falsely reported that the White House had been bombed and that President Obama had been injured in the attack.