Twitter has said that it has reset the password of a large number of its users by mistake on Thursday. The reset happened when Twitter was conducting a routine security screening to identify accounts that may have been compromised.
However while fixing the accounts that have been compromised it by mistake reset the passwords of other users as well. However, an email regarding it has been sent to all those users.
Twitter wrote on its blog, "In instances when we believe an account may have been compromised, we reset the password and send an email letting the account owner know this has happened".
"In this case, we unintentionally reset passwords of a larger number of accounts, beyond those that we believed to have been compromised."
It is unclear to how many accounts have been reset.
User can check the email in their inbox or SPAM folder.
Twitter has more than 140 million active users at present.
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