Last week's Twitter hack included disclosures of personal data from 130 targeted accounts, The Washington Post reports. The majority of the accounts were breached in an effort to control them, but the hack allowed access to email addresses, phone numbers and potentially more information. Eight unverified accounts had direct messages, tweets and profile information downloaded by hackers, according to a Twitter blog post. As a result of the hack, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is calling on Twitter to improve security around its messaging systems.
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