Twitter fixes security vulnerability exposing 5.4 mln accounts

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Twitter said on Friday that it has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed threat actors to compile information of 5.4 million Twitter accounts.

The vulnerability allowed anyone to enter a phone number or an email address of a known user and learn if it was tied to an existing Twitter account, potentially exposing the identities of pseudonymous accounts.