As posted on the Twitter blog, the company has now revealed an internal bug caused passwords to be stored unencrypted. However, the changing password suggestion is out of an abundance of caution, not due to any breach.
If you're a Twitter user, you'll want to strongly consider changing your password. As posted on the Twitter blog, the company has now revealed an internal bug caused passwords to be stored unencrypted. After an investigation, Twitter found 'no indication of breach or misuse by anyone' but suggests you still change the password on Twitter and anywhere else you may have used it.