Twitter suffered a data breach incident, vine users of a bug that exposed their email addresses and, in some cases, phone numbers to third parties.
In addition, it warns impacted users to be wary of any communications coming from unfamiliar senders.
Twitter asked users to do not need to reset passwords on their Vine accounts, but should be aware that any official communications from Vine will come from an @twitter.com email address.
Twitter never ask you via email to open an attachment or request your password.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/twitter
"id": "twi112727922",
"linkid": "twitter",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2017",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Twitter',
'type': 'Social Media Company'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Warned users to be wary of unfamiliar communications '
'and advised about official communications from '
'@twitter.com email address.',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Phone numbers']},
'description': 'Twitter suffered a data breach incident, exposing email '
'addresses and, in some cases, phone numbers of Vine users to '
'third parties. It warns impacted users to be wary of any '
'communications coming from unfamiliar senders. Twitter asked '
'users not to reset passwords on their Vine accounts, but '
'should be aware that any official communications from Vine '
'will come from an @twitter.com email address. Twitter never '
'ask you via email to open an attachment or request your '
'password.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email addresses', 'Phone numbers']},
'recommendations': 'Users should be cautious of unfamiliar communications and '
'verify the authenticity of official communications.',
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Warned users to be wary of unfamiliar '
'communications and advised about '
'official communications from '
'@twitter.com email address.'},
'title': 'Twitter Vine Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Bug in Vine'}