Bitly Urges Users to Change Passwords After Security Scare

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Link-shortening and tracking tool Bitly is urging users to reset their passwords amid a security scare that surfaced late Thursday night.

"We have reason to believe that Bitly account credentials have been compromised," Bitly CEO Mark Josephson said in an official blog post. "We have no indication at this time that any accounts have been accessed without permission."

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The news comes just two months after Bitly suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

As a precautionary measure, the service has disconnected all users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts that were synced to Bitly accounts. "All users can safely reconnect these accounts at their next login," he added. Read more...

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