Twitter API bug potentially allowed developers to read DMs and private accounts
(Android Police)

Earlier today, Twitter sent a message to a large number of users informing them about an API bug. According to the company, it identified a bug on September 10 that potentially allowed direct messages and protected accounts to be read by `Twitter developers who were not authorized to receive them.` Twitter went into more detail about the bug on its Developer Blog, explaining that it could have allowed data to be sent to the wrong developer`s webhook URL (the mechanism that some Twitter applications use to retrieve data). Read MoreTwitter API bug potentially allowed developers to read DMs and private accounts was written by the awesome team at Android Police.