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2 points by ulf on Aug 28, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
"Hey there.

Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset. Please create a new password by opening this link in your browser: [...]"

Now THIS is nice...at least now they seem to realize how they failed with this problem



Did you check the link to make sure that mail is not a phishing attack? It sounds, well, phishy.




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