Security News > 2020 > February > Twitter Warns API Flaw Abuse May Have Unmasked Users

A Twitter API could have enabled outsiders to match users' phone numbers to their corresponding accounts and potentially unmask anonymous users of the social media site.

Still, many users who wanted better account security have likely given their phone numbers to Twitter.

Thanks to the changes Twitter made in November 2019, users can now remove their phone number from their account settings if they have already set up an out-of-band code generator.

The API vulnerability could still have had an impact on users who run anonymous Twitter accounts.

"Protecting the privacy and safety of the people who use Twitter is our number one priority and we remain focused on stopping abuse of Twitter's API as quickly as possible," it says.

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https://www.inforisktoday.com/twitter-warns-api-flaw-abuse-may-have-unmasked-users-a-13680