Twitter says this morning’s ‘nasty’ security flaw is fixed

In case you haven’t heard, thousands of Twitter users were affected this morning by a “particularly nasty” bug. Why so nasty? All you had to do is scroll your mouse over an offending link and BAM — you’re infected. The bug didn’t affect those using third-party apps, such as TweetDeck, to access to Twitter, reports Mashable . Around 10 a.m. Eastern Time, Twitter  said the security flaw is fully patched. Phew . Related The Huffington Post The 17 top Twitter cit…

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