So apparently Twitter has been dumping passwords to a log in plaintext for an unknown amount of time,

They don't THINK anyone has accessed or misused them.

They are very sorry this happened.

blog.twitter.com/official/en_u

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@anthracite ... I go on Twitter break for a few days and suddenly they're selling profile data to Cambridge Analytica, tapping my phone mic for advertisers and now logging my passwords to plaintext?!

... hmm. There's opportunity here.

"Dear @Jack. Obviously I'm the only thing holding your little empire of lies together. Gimme a million dollars or I'll stay away *another* week. Muahaha, Moment." n.n

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