Cybersecurity
Twitter Introduces Website Security Tool After AP Account Hacked
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Twitter Inc. is adding a new security tool to its website, making it harder for outsiders to gain access to accounts, a month after a false posting triggered a stock-market decline.
The two-step authentication measure, available as an option starting today, requires users to input a code sent via text message to a mobile phone in order to log in, Jim O’Leary, a member of Twitter’s product security team, said in a blog post yesterday.