Security News > 2020 > April > Twitter Tells Users Firefox Possibly Exposed Personal Information
2020-04-03 10:03
Twitter informed users on Thursday that their personal information may have been exposed due to the way the Firefox web browser stores cached data.
"We recently learned that the way Mozilla Firefox stores cached data may have resulted in non-public information being inadvertently stored in the browser's cache," Twitter explained.
Firefox only stores cached data for 7 days, which means the Twitter data would have only been exposed for a limited period of time.
Users can also manually clear the cache, which Twitter recommends for users who accessed Twitter from a shared or public device.
Twitter has made some changes on its end to ensure Firefox no longer stores potentially sensitive information belonging to its users.