- Bitly... a URL shortening site that helped many bloggers shorten the URL, hide their paths and post them through microbloggng sites and other social networking sites HAVE been hacked.
- Their CEO Mark Josephson has blogged in his post.
- He blogged that
"We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised; specifically, users' email addresses, encrypted passwords, API keys and OAuth tokens,"
- The registered users of Bitly has been advised to
- Log into Bitly account from Twitter or Facebook
- Reset Legacy API keys
- Copy and replace this key in all your profiles.
- Then reset all your passwords.
- Bitly has invalidated all Twitter and Facebook credentials, meaning that a user will not be able to use Bitly from these social networking sites till he resets the options given above.
- So Beware...Be Aware and keep urself safe
- Happy Hunting
- Sourcehttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2457837,00.asp?mailingID=F1BEF928D79843FDAF41D5B2084CF083
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