Twitter reported a large-scale cyber-attacks on U.S. companies

Twitter Information Security Department reported on  aimed at service cyber-attacks, putting them on a par with similar attacks on other U.S. IT-and media companies. This was reported on the official website of the world's largest microblogging service.

According to the Head of Information Security Twitter Bob Lord, last week the company revealed new data access mechanisms that hackers could use. Experts have identified a cyber-attack, which managed to repel, but acknowledged that hackers could gain access to information 250 000 service users. It is, in particular, the names of users and their e-mail addresses and passwords.

In Twitter said they did not believe the attack an isolated incident, stressing that it carried out the hackers were professionals.

All customers whose data may have been available to them, a letter was sent with the notice. As a precaution, the representatives suggested that Twitter users to change passwords, and other test to see if their password is secure enough. These guidelines apply not only to microblogging service, but also to any other sites.